Mckeon to miss world champsamps
TOKYO hero Emma Mc
Keon will miss this year’s ’s rescheduled world swim- ming championships, with h she and coach Michael l Bohl maintaining a big-piccture focus ahead of the Paris ris Olympics.
Mckeon, who won seven medals, including four gold, in Tokyo last year, is the first big name to confirm she won’t compete at the world titles, which have been rescheduled for Budapest in July, just a couple of weeks ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The championships were originally slated for Fukuoka, Japan in May but the Covid pandemic forced world governing body FINA to reschedule the meet.
Bohl confirmed she would not accept a place on the Australian squad for the Budapest championships in July.
“Emma’s a definite no for worlds,” Bohl said. Several members of Australia’s successful Olympic team, including Ariarne Titmus and Kyle Chalmers, had hinted they would not take part in the worlds when they were originally slated for May.