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Paris Olympics, Day 6 Finals: Kate Douglass Wins 200m Breaststroke In American Record: Tatjana Smith Retires Only one woman had ever won the 100/200 breaststroke double at the Olympics with Penny Heyns enjoying two trips to the top of the podium at Atlanta 1996. Durdica Bjedov of the former Yugoslav...

Who Could Emerge as 100 Breaststroke Queen in 2025? The last six global-level long course competitions have all seen a different swimmer earn the top step of the podium. That trend began following the 2019 World Championships, which marked the last gold medal for Lilly King in the 100 breaststroke. ...

Paris Olympics: Into Retirement, Tatjana Smith Capped Stellar Career on Her Terms The mantle of defending an Olympic gold medal weighs heavy on some. That wasn’t the case for Tatjana Smith, with a little semantic aid. In Tokyo in 2021, Tatjana Schoenmaker made history for South Africa by finishing s...

Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 3: Summer McIntosh, David Popovici Favored to Reach Gold-Medal Podium After one hundred years, the world’s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes f...

Women's Swimming Revamp: What Events Are Awaiting New Rising Stars Scan through the women's results from the pool swimming competition at the Paris Olympics, and you will find plenty of big names entering or in the midst of their prime: Canada's Summer McIntosh, the only woman to win three individua...

Paris Olympics, Day 5 Prelims: Tatjana Smith Opens Defense of 200 Breaststroke Title in Fine Form The last time Tatjana Smith contested the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympic Games, the South African captured the gold medal in Tokyo, complementing an earlier silver medal in the 100 breaststroke. ...

Olympic Medallist Tes Schouten To Miss 2025 World Championships As She Recovers From Health Issues Olympic 200m breaststroke bronze medallist Tes Schouten won't compete at the World Championships in Singapore as she continues her recovery from health issues that saw her hospitalised with "nerve pain...

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Semifinals: Tatjana Smith Targeting Gold in 100 Breaststroke Tatjana Smith knows the feeling of winning an Olympic gold medal, having accomplished the feat at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. During the COVID-19 Games, when known by her maiden name of Tatjana Schoenmaker, the South Afr...

Tatjana Smith Ends Career with Last ‘Big Fight,’ Treasured Silver Medal Tears and smiles often coexist for Tatjana Smith in the mixed zone at events like the Olympics. Tears of joy don’t often require much explanation, beyond the beaming visage the South African breaststroker wears to accompany than...

Angharad Evans Talks Paris Olympics, World Silverware & Hitting Her Stride In 2025 In the first of two articles, Angharad Evans talks to Swimming World about Paris 2024, World Championship silver and her fine form in 2025 Angharad Evans has hit the ground running as she continues the form that guide...

Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 6: Kos-Murphy, McIntosh-Smith Among Gold-Medal Matchups After one hundred years, the world’s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes from 184 countr...

Paris Olympics, Day 3: Tatjana Smith Rallies to Win 100 Breast Gold Tatjana Schoenmaker might have pressure at the Olympics in Paris. Tatjana Smith, though, had none. The body under the cap is still the same one that won the 200 breaststroke in Tokyo in 2021, setting a world record. But the expectat...

South African Championships: Erin Gallagher Sets National Record in 50 Butterfly; Tatjana Smith Shines in 50 Breast Both Erin Gallagher and Tatjana Smith made strong opening statements on the first day of action at the South African National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Monday. Gallagher cl...

Do Olympic Gold Medal Winning Times Matter? It's More About the Moment Winning an Olympic gold medal is the ultimate dream of athletes across sports worldwide, especially in the sport of swimming. It is often a lifelong pursuit, with the possibility offered just once every four years. At last summer...

Erin Gallagher Lowers South African 100 Fly Record; Matt Sates, Chad Le Clos Tie Erin Gallagher lowered her South African record in the women’s 100 butterfly on Friday, while Matt Sates and Chad le Clos tied for the 100 fly title. Gallagher ushered in a stirring night session on the fifth day of the...

SA National Championships: Erin Gallagher Wraps Up Meet with 50 Free Title Erin Gallagher capped an excellent meet at the SA National Championships on Saturday by edging Caitlin De Lange by .01 in the 50 free. Gallagher went 24.95. She overcame De Lange, who had set the pace in prelims at 24.98 and ...

Tatjana Schoenmaker Drops Two 2:19s to Win 200 Breast at SA National Championships Reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker dropped a pair of 2:19s in the 200 breaststroke Wednesday to book passage to the Paris Olympics. Swimming under her married name, Tatjana Smith, at the South African Natio...

Olympic Champ Tatjana Smith Appears on Social Kick Podcast to Discuss Legendary Career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lKtIn0wzk These days, Tatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) is looking forward. Her competitive career now in the rearview mirror following an exceptional career, Smith is eager to embr...

Tatjana Smith Selected As Swimming World African Female Swimmer of the Year Rare are athletes who walk away from their sport at the peak of their powers. Frequently, retirement calls when an athlete – regardless of sport – competes at a percentage of the excellence they once knew. Then again, there ...

Paris Olympics, Day 5 Semifinals: Tatjana Smith Books Tilt At 200 Breaststroke Title Defence; Set For Duel With Kate Douglass Rebecca Soni is the only woman to have defended the Olympic 200m breaststroke title, the American fending off all-comers at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Tatjana Smith (nee S...