Swimming superstar Kaylee McKeown, already frustrated to be sidelined by glandular fever, has had insult added to illness as her 50 metres backstroke world record has been ripped away from her by an Italian teenager.
Five-time Olympic champ McKeown, the greatest backstroker in history, is determined to get back to full fitness and compete in the Los Angeles Games after the illness that's kept her out of the Commonwealth Games and this week's Pan Pacific Championships.
But she's again been made aware of just what a task lies ahead as Italy's coming star, 19-year-old Sara Curtis, smashed the Queenslander's 50m global mark in 26.63 seconds in the semi-finals of the European championships in the Paris Olympic pool on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).
