Overview
- Grana clocked 2:01.96 in Westmont to lower the Mexican short-course record in the 200m backstroke, surpassing Fernanda González’s 2013 mark of 2:04.44.
- Australia’s Kaylee McKeown won the final in a world-record 1:57.87, with the United States’ Regan Smith taking silver in 1:57.91.
- The result is being presented in Mexican media as a breakthrough for the national swimming program and a validation of Grana’s rise.
- The Guadalajara native studies and trains at Indiana University and set Mexico’s short-course 100m backstroke record at Budapest 2024 in 56.62.
- Her résumé includes three golds at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and five titles at the 2025 Olimpiada Nacional, with stated goals that include qualifying for Los Angeles 2028.