Griffith University’s Michael Bohl was in attendance at the 2024 ASCA World Clinic this year in Orlando, Florida. SwimSwam spoke with the legendary Olympic coach, who reflected on each of his 4 athletes who competed in Paris (who won 9 medals in total).
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The comment that struck me most was his description of McKeown’s 200IM as a “disaster”. This event has been a bugbear for her internationally. She pulled out in Tokyo only to see Ohashi win gold with a slow 2.08.6. At the World Championships she got disqualified for an illegal back to breast turn when there were more flagrant cases which weren’t punished. And at these Olympics she was somewhat underwhelming. Bohl thinks she has a lot more to show in the 200IM. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Both Bohl and Kaylee (in our interview with her) also note that the 200 back took a lot more emotional energy than anticipated, so by the time the 200 IM rolled around, McKeown was simply pooped.