Tatjana Smith claims her second medal of Paris 2024 after finishing second in the final of the women's 200m breaststroke.
Tatjana Smith was beaten in the final of the 200m breaststroke by the USA's Kate Douglass with Tes Schouten of the Netherlands taking the bronze medal at the Olympics in ParisSouth Africa's Tatjana Smith claimed her second medal of the Paris Olympics but missed out on a golden double after finishing second in the final of the women's 200m breaststroke.
The result in La Defense Arena means that the 27-year-old from Johannesburg, who previously competed under her maiden name Schoenmaker, now has a total of four Olympic breaststroke medals, having collected a gold and a silver in both Tokyo and now Paris. It means she has now drawn level with fellow swimmer Chad Le Clos as her country's most decorated Olympian.and men's cross-country mountain biking, mean South Africa has won four medals in total and leads Africa's medal table at the end of Day 6.
Africa's other medals both came in fencing, with Egypt's Mohamed Elsayed taking bronze in the men's individual epee andWhat secrets will this 17th century galleon reveal?Three things we learned from Arsenal's America tour'I have never seen anything like that' - Yee's sprint wins GB gold. Video
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