The Tokyo Olympics which was postponed last year due to Covid-19 have scheduled for July 23. Similarly, the final date of the Tokyo Olympics is near and the players across the world are preparing and competing in the home country to take part in Tokyo Olympics.
Australian players are also playing trail ahead of Olympics in their home countries. The 2021 Australian swimming trail is happening now in Adelaide, Australia. In the trial, many players are breaking records and setting new records every single. Ariarne Titmus is one of the popular female swimmers in Australia. She has set new record her records as the second-fastest swim in history on woman 200 m Freestyle.
Ariarne Titmus has set a new record at 1:53:09 in the trial after Italian Federica Pellegrini’s at 1:52:98. Federica Pellegrini’s has set her records in 2009 during the super-suit era. Similarly, she has broken her personal best and Australian records by 1.18 seconds. Ariarane told to a reporter that “It was one of the longest-standing records no one has ever been close to breaking it. Last night 400m swam gave me more confidence ahead of Tokyo Olympics.
Currently, she has been recovering from the injuries. Emma McKeon is another popular female swimmer who came second in 200m and has been qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. “I knew that I had to make it to with Emma and I know she is faster than me. So, I had to be as close as possible as her” Titmus said.
Kaylee McKeon is another young female swimmer who had broken the American Regan Smith record in 100 M backstroke. McKeon has completed her 100 M backstroke in 57.45 seconds to win her Olympic trials on Sunday. Kaylee is just 19 years old and creating a new world record. At this age is a huge achievement for her and for Australia. Besides this, she has also qualified for her second Olympic event in the 200 m Individual medley. Here also she has set personal best of 2:08:19 which is one of the fastest times in the world.
Men’s swimming trail update
Matthew Temple won the 200 m butterfly ahead of David Morgan. Both of them have qualified for Tokyo Olympics. Similarly, Horton came sixth in the final and keeping his hope for Tokyo Olympics.
But Horton didn’t make it up in the 800M freestyle he finishes fifth behind jack McLoughlin. McLoughlin has been qualified for the second Olympic event. It is the first time 800 M freestyle happening in the Olympic Games.