2022 Commonwealth Games: Australian swimmer Emma McKeon makes history, as Peaty roars back
- McKeon becomes most decorated athlete ever at Games after winning 19th medal in mixed 4x100m relay
- The 28-year-old now has 13 golds, five bronze medals and one silver across three Commonwealth Games
Australian swim star Emma McKeon has became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history, by winning her 19th medal as Adam Peaty bounced back to win the 50m breaststroke.
McKeon reached the landmark in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final in Birmingham on Tuesday – the final race of a pulsating night of action at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre – with Australia taking gold.
The 28-year-old now has a total of 13 golds, five bronze medals and one silver across three Commonwealth games.
She moved one clear of shooters Michael Gault and Phil Adams, and Chad Le Clos, who slumped, devastated after South Africa finished fourth in the relay, denying him a share of the record.
He also finished an agonising fourth in the men’s 100m butterfly earlier in the evening.
Olympic champion McKeon, 28, suffered a shock defeat earlier in the session in the 100m freestyle as the Australians locked down the podium.
Teenage star Mollie O’Callaghan took gold in a time of 52.63sec, with Shayna Jack pushing McKeon into third.
