Olympics-Swimming-Battle of the record breakers looms in the Tokyo pool


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 100m Backstroke - Heats - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Kaylee McKeown of Australia in action REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tuesday's women's 100m backstroke final will be a battle of the record breakers with Australia's Kaylee McKeown going for gold against American Regan Smith and Canada's Kylie Masse.

The trio are the three fastest swimmers in the history of the event, all having held the world record, with McKeown the current owner.

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