Kaylee McKeown Medically Withdraws From Pan Pacific Championships, Commonwealth Games
The five-time Olympic gold medallist will also miss next month’s Pan Pacific Championships after blood tests confirmed glandular fever.
- On Friday, five-time Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown withdrew from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after blood tests confirmed glandular fever, less than two weeks before competition begins.
- McKeown initially mistook her symptoms for the flu a few months ago, but months of fatigue, breathlessness, and loss of appetite persisted despite her efforts to push through training.
- Her withdrawal is a significant loss for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, which will field 59 athletes in Glasgow; McKeown previously won six medals at Birmingham in 2022, including four golds.
- Swimming Australia Olympic head coach Rohan Taylor called McKeown a "once-in-a-generation athlete" and expressed full support for prioritizing her health, saying "We can't wait to see her well again."
- The backstroke specialist also withdrew from next month's Pan Pacific Championships in California, with team officials focusing on her recovery ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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Swimming-Olympic champion McKeown to miss Pan Pacs, Commonwealth Games due to illness
July 10 (Reuters) - Kaylee McKeown has withdrawn from this year's Pan Pacific Championships and Commonwealth Games due to medical issues, saying she has struggled with fatigue, shortness of breath and a loss of appetite for several months.
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Olympic gold medalist backstroker McKeown is out of Commonwealth Games with glandular fever
SYDNEY (AP) — Five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Kaylee McKeown is out of the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships which follow due to glandular fever.
Sick Olympic champion McKeown pulls out of Commonwealth Games, PanPacs
The reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth 100m and 200m backstroke champion said she was devastated to miss the events where she was red-hot favourite. "I am gutted to medically withdraw," said the 24-year-old, widely considered the greatest backstroker of all time. "What I thought a few months ago was the flu has turned out to be my body fighting glandular fever. "I was sick going into trials and I just have not got better and I am worried a…
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