The 2021 Sydney Open Swimming Championships came to an end, with 26-year-old Emma McKeeon playing well, winning multiple individual events and setting a top record this season. Because of this, the Australian media was full of confidence and supported Emma McKeion in 8 events at the Tokyo Olympic Games, hitting 8 Olympic medals. Many swim fans said that the Australian media is just talking wildly, take the women's 100-meter butterfly, Emma McKelon wants to impact the gold medal and ask Zhang Yufei if she agrees.
Emma McKeeon is one of the leading figures in the Australian swimming team, and she is really strong, and we don't deny that. At the just-concluded Sydney Swimming Open, Emma McKeeon handed over a pretty perfect report card, so let's take a look at her results.
In the women's 100m freestyle final, Emma McKeeon won the title with a superb time of 52.29 seconds, setting a new personal best. In the women's 100m butterfly final, Emma McKeone easily won the title in 56.81 seconds, she is one of the few runners this season to swim within 57 seconds, and she is indeed very competitive in the international competition. Such a performance gave Emma McKeone confidence, saying in an interview with Australian media that she felt like she was getting stronger.
A few days ago, Xinhua News Agency quoted the Australian newspaper as a report, the media said that Emma McKeone is expected to participate in eight events in the Tokyo Olympics, including four relay events and four individual events, and these eight events have the hope of winning medals. In other words, Emma McGuin has the potential to become the Olympic gold king, and may even break the record for the number of medals (5) won by an Australian athlete at a single Olympic Games.
Many swim fans said that this is a bit of a mouthful. We will not discuss the relay event for the time being, after all, Australia is indeed very competitive in the relay event, in addition to Emma McGuin, there are also masters such as Kelly McGione and Campbell, and it is indeed very likely that they will win medals or even gold medals in the relay event. But in terms of individual events, Emma McGuin has a lot of difficulty in impacting medals or even gold medals, such as the women's 100m butterfly, her winning time is 56.81 seconds, which is really outstanding, but does the Australian media know Zhang Yufei's results? It is already approaching the world record, swimming within 56 seconds is already commonplace, and there are many players in this project who swim within 57 seconds, Emma McGuione does not say that winning the championship, the difficulty of this project on the podium is very large, it may be around 56 seconds and 50 seconds to have hope.
As for the other three events, the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyles, Emma McKelone may also have to talk directly with our Chinese athletes, such as Yang Junxuan. Looking at the world swimming world, Emma McGuin does not have the strength to win medals in these three individual events. So, the Australian media did have a bit of a wild talk, and to be honest, Emma McKeone had a better chance of winning or even winning in those relay events.
However, the Australian swimmers are indeed our main opponents, in addition to Emma McKelon, and Kelly McGione, who is even more dazzling in this competition. The women's 100m backstroke is only 0.06 seconds behind the world record, the 200m backstroke is ranked third in history, the medley is also very competitive, although the Chinese team has made obvious progress, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan and others have the strength to compete for gold and silver, but they should not be taken lightly!