Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown withdraws from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after being diagnosed with glandular fever. Multiple outlets report that the Olympic backstroke champion will not compete at the Games next month and will also miss the Pan Pacific Championships that follow. BBC Sport, Brisbane Times, The Age, and the Sydney Morning Herald all cite her illness as the reason for the withdrawal, while ABC Australia adds details about how the condition affects her, including shortness of breath and reduced appetite. Reports describe McKeown as a multiple-time Commonwealth Games medallist and note her major international achievements, including Olympic gold in backstroke events. Yahoo Sports and other outlets present a statement attributed to McKeown in which she says she is medically withdrawing and expresses that she is disappointed. Swimming Australia confirms the withdrawal in the reports. Across the coverage, there is consistency on the diagnosis and the consequence: she will not take part in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and will not race at the subsequent Pan Pacific meet.
Kaylee McKeown withdraws from Commonwealth Games with glandular fever
Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown withdraws from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after being diagnosed with glandular fever. Multiple outlets report that the Olympic backstroke champion will not com...
- Kaylee McKeown withdraws from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
- She is diagnosed with glandular fever
- She will also miss the Pan Pacific Championships that follow
- Reports describe symptoms including shortness of breath and lack of appetite
- McKeown is an Olympic and multiple-time Commonwealth Games medallist
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.
47 minutes agoFive-time Olympic backstroke champion Kaylee McKeown pulls out of this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with glandular fever.
2 hours agoThe six-time Commonwealth Games medallist won’t compete in Glasgow or the Pan Pacific Championships next month after being diagnosed with glandular fever.
2 hours agoThe six-time Commonwealth Games medallist won’t compete in Glasgow or the Pan Pacific Championships next month after being diagnosed with glandular fever.
2 hours agoThe six-time Commonwealth Games medallist won’t compete in Glasgow or the Pan Pacific Championships next month after being diagnosed with glandular fever.
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