McKeown's perfect response after 'rough 24 hours'

Kaylee McKeown has admitted she was "pretty upset" aft seeing the imaginativeness that resulted successful her arguable disqualification successful the women's 200-metre idiosyncratic medley semi-final.

A steely McKeown rebounded from her disappointment to triumph her semi-final successful the women's 100-metre backstroke semi-final connected Monday nighttime astatine the World Aquatics Championships successful Fukuoka, Japan, but was inactive not impressed with her clip of 58.48.

"I astir apt would've liked to person snuck nether 58 (seconds), but I had a unsmooth 24 hours, truthful hopefully with a spot of remainder and betterment I'll beryllium capable to get there," she told Nine.

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"Last nighttime I was OK due to the fact that I hadn't seen the footage. Then this greeting I saw it and (I was) beauteous upset, but you've got to spell with the ruling and I was ruled retired of the final."

Olympic champion Ian Thorpe saw a affirmative successful McKeown's mindset aft her semi-final win.

"What I did emotion proceeding determination is that she would've liked that semi-final to beryllium nether 58 seconds," helium said connected Nine's coverage.

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"That means that she has everything and you spot wherever her mind's at, and it's astir moving on."

McKeown bushed Canada's Kylie Masse (59.06) and France's Pauline Mahieu (59.30) to triumph the semi-final, with chap Aussie Madison Wilson finishing 5th (59.63).

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