Beautiful reason McKeon cried after thrilling gold

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Emma McKeon added to her upland of satellite titles connected Thursday night and recovered her eyes welling with tears of joyousness successful the aftermath.

As the five-time Olympic golden medallist soaked up triumph successful the women's 100m freestyle astatine the World Short Course Championships successful Melbourne, she revealed the beingness of her grandparents successful the crowd near her crying during the medal presentation.

"It means a lot," McKeon said successful a pool-side interrogation with Ariarne Titmus connected Nine.

"I really conscionable spotted them for the archetypal clip during the presumption past and ... I was crying a small bit, truthful I conscionable had to look away.

"It's conscionable truthful peculiar to person them here.

"They haven't watched maine contention for astir apt 4 years present successful person.

"So, to person this lawsuit connected successful their location municipality ... (they were) my information for doing it.

"They're my No.1 supporters and ever person been, truthful I wanted to marque definite I could bash a bully occupation for them tonight."

McKeon won the 100m freestyle successful a thriller, edging Hong Kong's Siobhan Bernadette Haughey by 0.10 of a second.

The 28-year-old stopped the timepiece astatine 50.77 to interruption the title record.

Emotional McKeon reveals tears aft aureate swim

The Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen secured bronze and Australia's Madi Wilson finished successful fourth.

McKeon hailed the assemblage arsenic "awesome".

"A packed stand, it's a imagination travel true, really, for america athletes to beryllium capable to contention successful beforehand of a location assemblage with a afloat stand," McKeon said.

"And similar you said, evidently it's maine successful the excavation doing the laps erstwhile I'm racing, but I've got a immense squad down me. My family's portion of that, my manager is portion of that and I'm truthful fortunate to person them with maine each the time."

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