Tatjana Smith will take part in the 200m breaststroke Olympic final on Thursday night. Here is when to catch her in action.
Smith was widely expected to win her semi-final, but on Wednesday she finished just behind surprise winner Kate Douglass. Nevertheless, there were various strategies and recovery management plans in place for Tatjana as she comfortably booked her place in the Olympic final.
Any top three placing would take her overall medals tally to four – while if she wins on Thursday night, she would have the tally of three golds and a silver. In this scenario, although she would join Chad le Clos on four medals, no other Olympian would boast her ‘weight’ of medals in terms of golds and silvers.final is expected to take place just after 21:00 on Thursday, 1 August
Meanwhile, there will also be plenty of attention on Le Clos when he takes part in the 100m butterfly event this year, and heas he touched on his emotions at what will be his final Olympics.
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