.TRSchoenmaker has been preparing for the Olympics stage for the last four years, and now her dream is about to become reality at 12.45pm. Tokyo2020 Olympics OlympicGames By ashfakmohamed | IOLsport
As far as the 100m is concerned, King is the defending champion from Rio and is the definite gold-medal contender in Tokyo as well. She has produced the fastest time in the world this year of 1:04.72, while Schoenmaker is ranked 15th with her 1:05.74.She is well-equipped to do so, and her friendly nature will stand her in good stead in Japan.
Despite the Covid-19 restrictions and no crowds, Schoenmaker seems to have embraced the environment in the right spirit, judging by her social media posts. One of the highlights so far has been her TikTok-like video on Instagram of her and her female SA swimming teammates getting into their official kit for the opening ceremony on Friday with a cool dance.
“LET THE GAMES BEGIN. Father God may your will be done, may your peace fill us up, may we praise you no matter what the outcome, may we be empowered by your strength to give it our all and may we forever be in the awe of your goodness!” Schoenmaker posted on her Twitter account. “Thank you for bringing us to this very moment Ps. Wow this is still so unreal! There are no words to describe how we are feeling Hope we can make you proud South Africa. Let’s go #teamrsa DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
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