She does not demand special attention," CBC Sports analyst Byron MacDonald told The Canadian Press recently. Masse, who earned backstroke bronze in her 2016 Olympic debut in Rio, is also expected to compete in the 200 in Japan. WATCH | Masse leans on family during pandemic: Masse arrived in Tokyo having improved upon her Canadian record with a 57.70 winning time at Canadian Olympic trials late last month in Toronto. McKeown boasts a world-record 57.45 from mid-June, having surpassed Smith (57.57) after the latter took down the 58.10 mark Masse set at the 2017 world championship. "I was super happy to achieve the Olympic record briefly, but in the end it all comes down to the final. "I was thinking … put together a good race here," she said. Masse, 25, said she had never seen anything like the Olympic record broken three times in the heats. WATCH | Masse, Ruck secure spots in backstroke semifinals: Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., started slow but finished third in Masse's heat to qualify 11th of 16 swimmers.Įarlier in the day, Penny Oleksiak anchored the women's 4x100 freestyle relay team to a silver medal, Canada's first of these Games. "I know it's going to be fast for the next rounds so I'm seizing every opportunity to race and get some good times in there." "This field is incredibly deep and challenging," Masse told Swimming Canada. McKeown, Smith and Masse, from LaSalle, Ont., qualified 1-2-3 for Monday's semifinals. The two-time world champion set an Olympic record in the women's 100-metre backstroke, winning in 58.17 seconds, only to see American rival Regan Smith (57.96) and Australia's Kaylee McKeown (57.88) lower the mark in consecutive heat races at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Kylie Masse capped a memorable Sunday for Canada's swim team.
(Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images - image credit) After Masse stopped the clock in 58.17 seconds, Smith and McKeown lowered the mark in 57.96 and 57.88, respectively. Canada's Kylie Masse reacts after setting a new Olympic record in a 100-metre backstroke heat race at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Sunday.
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