By the time most South Africans wake up on Tuesday morning, Tatjana Schoenmaker should have won the country’s first Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games.
After four days at the previous two showpieces at London 2012 and Rio 2016, SA had won two medals; five years ago they went on to a haul of 10, and nine years ago it was six.
At Rio 2016, Le Clos went 1:55.57 in the heats for the third-best time, and at London 2012 he went 1:55.23, which ranked him fourth overall. “Obviously I’ve got to bring a better game tomorrow and get in the final and see what happens,” he said afterwards, admitting he initially thought he had missed out on a semifinal spot.
On Tuesday morning they take on the US in a critical match to determine the winner of Group C. The loser will almost certainly face New Zealand in the quarterfinals later in the day, while the winner seems set to take on Argentina.Rio 2016 bronze medallist Henri Schoeman had to abandon the triathlon after the pain of a recent ankle injury became unbearable. He had been in the lead group after the swim and cycle legs, but after 2km into the run he was done.
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