Swimmer looks on track to scoop gold after clocking second-fastest 200m breaststroke swim of all time during heats
Gqeberha-born Kaylene Corbett, left, and Tatjana Schoenmaker carry SA's hopes in the women's 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics. Picture: GETTY IMAGES / QUINN ROONEY
“At trials [in Gqeberha in April] I swam a massive PB [personal best‚ of 2:20.17]. I was just hoping if I could come close to my time again‚ because it was such a good race‚ I think I would have been happy with that.” Russian Evgeniia Chikunova was third quickest in 2:22.16 and then Schoenmaker’s training partner and former Pearson High pupil Kaylene Corbett posted the fourth-best time of the heats‚ 2:22.48‚ a huge personal best.
Corbett‚ eighth at the 2019 world championships‚ was only the third SA swimmer in Tokyo to advance beyond the heats‚ after Schoenmaker and Chad le Clos. “I was a bit nervous after coming from the 100m‚ it’s a whole extra 100m‚ so I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel.”
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