Breaststroke swimmer Tatjana Smith became South Africa's most decorated Olympian at the Paris Games on Thursday night.
Smith is now South Africa's most decorated Olympian of all time.Tatjana Smith fell just inches short of defending her title on Thursday night, but she managed to grab the silver medal in the women’s 200m breaststroke final, delivering a historic performance at the Paris Olympics.
While the 27-year-old South African worked hard to close her down over the final length, she fell narrowly shy, touching the wall in 2:19.60. Douglass won gold in 2:19.24. Coetze, who was fifth in the 100m backstroke on Monday, clocked 1:55.60, breaking the 15-year-old African record of 1:55.75 set by George du Rand in Rome in 2009.Earlier in the pool yesterday, on day six of the Paris Games, Matthew Sates crashed out in the opening round of the men’s 200m individual medley, settling for 21st place overall in 2:04.01.
Le Clos will hope to put up a fight in the only event he has entered, in what will be a swansong performance at the quadrennial Games for the 31-year-old star.Elsewhere yesterday, on the golf course, Erik van Rooyen settled in a tie for sixth place on four-under par after the first round of the men’s tournament and Christiaan Bezuidenhout was in 31st position on one-under .
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Paris 2024 Olympics: Tatjana Smith names her four sporting heroesTatjana Smith will emulate an iconic record of her hero Penny Heyns if she claims gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Read more »
Paris 2024 Olympics: Tatjana Smith names her four sporting heroesTatjana Smith will emulate an iconic record of her hero Penny Heyns if she claims gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Read more »
Tatjana Smith aims for unique HEYNS history at the 2024 Paris OlympicsTatjana Smith is gunning for a unique slice of South African swimming history at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday and Thursday.
Read more »
Tatjana Smith claims SA's first gold at Paris OlympicsTatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) won Team South Africa's first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday night, coming from behind to win the women's 100m breaststroke final.
Read more »
Watch: Tatjana Smith bags SA’s first gold at Paris 2024 OlympicsSouth Africa's first gold medal at this year's Olympic Games in France has been won thanks to the sensational swimmer.
Read more »
Paris 2024 Olympics: When does Tatjana Smith swim 100m breaststroke final?Tatjana Smith, previously Schoenmaker, won silver at Tokyo 2020 in the 100m breaststroke. She's gunning for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Read more »