Kaylee McKeown's two world record breaking swims and Minjee Lee's LPGA Championship victory in Korea highlight the weekend in Olympic sports.
Swimming – McKeown crowned Queen of backstroke
The Aussie Dolphins have once again secured the top spot on the medal tally at the third and final leg of the Swimming World Cup held in Hungary over the weekend, with a total of 17 medals.
Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown was crowned the ‘Queen of backstroke’ after she broke not one but two world records in less than 24 hours. She is now the world record holder in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, the first woman in history to hold all three records at the same time.

“I am super stoked with that … the only thing I can keep doing is training hard and keep believing in myself and believing in my coach,” Kaylee said.
“I never saw myself as a sprinter so it’s really nice to have that under my belt. Next year is going to be a really tough year so the more confidence I can build, the better.”
Kaylee McKeown's two world record breaking swims and Minjee Lee's LPGA Championship victory in Korea highlights the weekend in Olympic sports.
Maximillian Giuliani was not to be denied in the men’s 200m freestyle, taking gold after two-consecutive silver medals in the previous World Cups in Greece and Germany. In the men’s 400m freestyle it was Sam Short who raced to gold.
Aussies also dominated the freestyle relays with the men’s 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams claiming gold.
Lani Pallister set a personal best and broke the 800m freestyle World Cup record in a time of 8:15.11, making her the the seventh fastest performer of all time in the event.

Sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell tied the 50m freestyle final in a time of 24.42 seconds, each claiming bronze medals.
View the full Swimming World Cup results here.
Golf – Minjee Lee clinches the Ladies Championship
Minjee Lee has completed a spectacular LPGA title victory at the Ladies Championship in South Korea, the 10th title of her career.
American Alison Lee pushed Minjee into a playoff hole after both finished their four rounds at 16-under. Once in the one-on-one showdown Minjee wasted no time, making a birdie on the first playoff hole to win the title.

For Minjee it was an extra special win, with it coming on the homeland of her parents and with relatives watching on.
It comes one week after her brother Min Woo Lee won the Macua Open on the Asian Tour, his first title in two years.
Badminton – Mapasa and Yu win third-straight doubles title
Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu have backed up last week’s women’s doubles title at the Bendigo International with another title at the Sydney International over the weekend.
Their win in the final against compatriots Sylvina Kurniawan and Lok Yan Poon (21-16 21-18) earns valuable world ranking points needed to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Gronya Somerville and Kenneth Choo had their shot at revenge one week after finishing runner-up to Chen Sheng Fa (TPE) and Lin Jhih Yun (TPE) in the Benidgo International mixed doubles final. After a tight first set in Sydney, it was the Chinese Taipei pair that would secure another win in the second set (21-18 21-11).
Aussie Karono Karono had a shot at the men's singles title against Yen-Chen Ting (TPE) and fought hard in a 21-14 21-15 defeat.
Tennis – Purcell and Hijikata pairing debut produces ATP title
Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata have made an instant impact with their new doubles partnership, causing upsets on their way to the men's doubles championship at the Tokyo Open.
They used a tie-breaker to oust the no.3 seeds Marcelo Arevalo (SLV) and Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) in the semi-finals [3-6 6-3 (10-4)] and in the final produced a straight-sets win [6-4 6-1] over the experienced Jamie Murray (GBR) and Michael Venus (NZL).
It continues a career-year for Rinky Hijkata, who is currently at a personal best doubles ranking (31st) and singles ranking (70th). For Max, it’s his first hard court doubles title and his fourth career doubles title.
Beach Volleyball – Top five Pro Tour result for Aussies
The Beach Pro Tour Challenger event wrapped up over the weekend in Goa, India, with three Australian volleyball duos taking to the sand over the four day tournament.
Thomas Hodges and Zac Schubert were the top performing Aussies achieving a top five finish, after progressing through to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Spain.
Meanwhile, Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher, and Matthew Abela and Tim Gregory, placed 25th and 33rd respectively.