
BRUTAL REGIME THAT PRODUCED A WORLD-BEATER
The debate over who is Australia’s greatest ever swimmer can stop because it’s not even a contest. As great as Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Shane Gould, Murray Rose and Kieren Perkins all were, Emma McKeon’s achievements have left them all in her wash. Her own harshest critic, she hates losing but in the rare times she doesn’t dwell on it because she turns her focus to her next race then the next race after that. “She’s in a really good space and she’s willing to challenge herself. As great as she already is, she’s still got a lot more in the tank and we don’t think we’ve seen the best of her yet.”