Sylvia Jeffreys has celebrated swimmer Kaylee McKeown after her incredible performance at the Paris Olympics.
The A Current Affair host posed alongside the celebrated Australian athlete in an Instagram post on Monday.
‘Massive congratulations and double-double shakas to you,’ Sylvia wrote in the caption, referring to the ‘hang loose’ hand symbol popular with surfers.
‘An incredible performance in Paris. Thanks for the thrills – you made us all so proud,’ she added.
McKeown won a bronze medal in the individual medley on Saturday, marking her seventh Olympic medal after she set multiple records by defending her Games 200m backstroke crown.
Her victory made her the first Australian to win four individual Olympic gold medals in Paris.
McKeown is also the first swimmer to successfully defend the 100m and 200m backstroke titles in Olympic history.
She now has five golds in her Olympic career, with a women’s 4x100m medley victory at the Tokyo Games three years ago also in her collection.
Sylvia Jeffreys has celebrated swimmer Kaylee McKeown after her incredible performance at the Paris Olympics. Both pictured
‘It’s a pretty cool little thing to have next to my name and, you know, I looked up to so many great people growing up in this sport. To be amongst that, it’s amazing,’ she said.
‘I believe I have so much more to give in this sport. I think it’s honestly down to my coach and teammates. Those people and being surrounded by people like Emma, they are great.’
And most of all she dedicated the win to her family.
‘It’s probably more than what the medal means to me. I can’t put the words together [to say] how much I love my family,’ she said.
‘It’s a privilege to be here tonight, being in the stadium with so many people, being on the podium seeing my team and family behind me it’s surreal.’
‘Massive congratulations and double-double shakas to you’ Sylvia wrote in the caption, referring to the ‘hang loose’ hand symbol popular with surfers
‘An incredible performance in Paris. Thanks for the thrills – you made us all so proud’ she added
Emma McKeon holds the Australian record for most Olympic golds – she has won six, with four coming in relays.
McKeown kept her 200m backstroke title in stunning style, clocking an Olympic record time of two minutes 03.73 seconds, some 0.59 seconds shy of her world record set last year in Sydney.
McKeown was third after at the midpoint and second at the final turn before powering to victory ahead of American Regan Smith (2:04.26) and Canada’s Kylie Masse (2:05.57).
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