South Africa’s Tatjana Smith won the gold medal at the end of the suspense

Posted on July 30, 2024

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She responded as expected! Swimmer Tatjana Smith (formerly known as Schoenmaker) won the gold medal with an outstanding swimming performance – South Africa’s first exist These Olympic Games ——In the 100-meter breaststroke competition.

The South African had already set his best time in the semifinals and his goal was obviously to win the 100/200m breaststroke doubles at these Olympics. waist Put it in your pocket.

To everyone’s surprise, China’s Tang Quanting got off to a good start and took the lead in the first leg, especially with the presence of record holder Lily Wang of the United States of The world transcends distance.

But if the race was a Chinese victory, it was Tatjana Smith’s mad dash in the final 15 meters that sealed the win, and so did her performance. First The Olympic gold medalist in this event (she won the silver medal in Tokyo in 2021) was 1:05.28. The Chinese athlete won the runner-up with 1:05.54, and the Irish athlete Mona McSally took the podium with 1:05.59.

Tatjana’s next step Smith: Won double gold medal in 200m breaststroke.

South Africa also won the bronze medal

Earlier in the day, South Africa also won the bronze medal exist Men’s Cross-Country Mountain Bike. Alan Hatherly finished third, just behind Frenchman Victor Koretzky and the untouchable British rider Tom Pidcock, who came back from a devilish vauvert, despite a puncture, to finish just two seconds behind. this course.

No celebration of team sports today

There were few smiles on the faces of African nations as they suffered multiple defeats in team sports for a third day in a row. In men’s handball, Egypt In the end, they narrowly defeated Denmark 27-30.

In women’s volleyball, Brazil easily defeated Kenya in three sets. South Africa also suffered a defeat in the hockey match. Face Defeated Argentina 4-2.

The only sunshine on this gloomy day came from the Nigerian team, which beat Australia by 75 points in the women’s basketball match. have 62.