Why this image will leave Aussie swim star livid

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Fresh images from the World Aquatics Championships person fixed Australian prima Kaylee McKeown adjacent much crushed to beryllium livid astatine her arguable disqualification.

McKeown was stunned erstwhile she and 2 different swimmers were disqualified successful Sunday's semi last of the women's 200-metre idiosyncratic medley what was deemed to beryllium an amerciable modulation from the backstroke to breaststroke portion of the contention arsenic they approached the wall.

The 22-year-old admitted seeing footage of the crook which got her disqualified near her "pretty upset", and Monday night's last wouldn't person improved her mood.

The contention was won by America's Kate Douglass, but replays showed that metallic medallist Alex Walsh made a crook virtually identical to McKeown's and escaped without a penalty.

Footage from some McKeown's crook successful the semi-final (L) and Walsh's crook successful the last (R) amusement some swimmers successful near-identical positions. (Nine)

The rules applied to disqualify McKeown were rules 6.5 and 9.4 of the World Aquatics Competition Regulations.

Rule 6.5 applies to the backstroke and states that the swimmer "must interaction the partition portion connected the back", portion regularisation 9.4 relates to the medley lawsuit and says "each conception indispensable beryllium finished successful accordance with the regularisation which applies to the changeable concerned".

Still frames from McKeown and Walsh's turns amusement the Aussie connected her broadside arsenic she reaches for the wall, portion the American looks to person prematurely turned onto her tummy earlier touching the wall.

According to the rule, some swimmers should person been disqualified, but Walsh escaped.

Alex Walsh (L) won the metallic medal successful the women's 200-metre idiosyncratic medley last connected Monday nighttime (Sarah Stier via Getty Images)

Former Olympic golden medallist Giaan Rooney said the caller instauration of a video reappraisal strategy had go a "game-changer" for the sport.

"It's a comparatively caller ruling, but the information that video judging has travel in, you person to beryllium much alert of it," she said connected Nine's coverage.

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McKeown rebounded good from the disappointment of the disqualification to decorativeness archetypal successful her semi-final of the 100-metre backstroke, but was inactive near seeing red.

"It's sport, and that's what happens successful sport," she said.

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"I didn't spot my crook past nighttime but erstwhile I saw it this greeting I thought it was wholly unfair … crap happens."

"Unfortunately, immoderate radical get dealt the atrocious manus and I conscionable got that atrocious hand.

"It's conscionable a substance of trying to flip it into a affirmative and springiness them a large F-U."

McKeown volition beryllium enactment connected Tuesday nighttime successful the last of the women's 100-metre backstroke.

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