Emma McKeon on Retiring Twice After Major Intl. Meets In her Teenage Years

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We sat down with Olympic, World, Pan Pacific, and Commonwealth champion Emma Mckeon to talk about the pandemic, how her 2021 Olympic prep is going, and dive into her swimming story a bit. Emma has been on the Australian national team for over a decade now but admits she wasn’t always in love with pushing herself to the limit. Mckeon reveals when she was younger and went to her first major international meet (2010 short course world championships), she decided she wanted to focus on her social life instead and retired from swimming. Since then, however, she has found her rhythm in the sport and her results speak for themself.

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kevin
3 years ago

Fantastic attractive girl expecting big things in Toyko . You would think staring down 2 golds in the relays and a chance for gold in the 100 fly

Verram
3 years ago

She’s like the new Susie o Neill of the aussie team .. always reliable on team and relay events across many events

Gheko
3 years ago

Lovely young lady.

Mr Piano
3 years ago

I read that she was retiring for a second

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