Olympic gold medalist backstroker McKeown is out of Commonwealth Games with glandular fever

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. The star backstroker won both the 100- and 200-meter distances at the Tokyo Olympics and repeated the feat at the Paris Games in 2024. “I am gutted to medically withdraw,” McKeown said in a Swimming Australia statement Friday. 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. The star backstroker won both the 100- and 200-meter distances at the Tokyo ... [972 chars]