Swimming-McKeown breaks 200m backstroke world record

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games - Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke - Final - Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Birmingham, Britain - August 1, 2022 Australia's Kaylee McKeown in action REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

(Reuters) - Australian Kaylee McKeown broke the women's 200 metres backstroke world record at the New South Wales State Open Championships in Sydney on Friday.

The 21-year-old clocked a time of two minutes 03.14 seconds, slicing 0.21 seconds off the previous record, set by American Regan Smith at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.