Star swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker has claimed South Africa’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo as she won the women’s 200m breaststroke final this morning – setting a new world record in the process.
Swimming in lane 4, Schoenmaker timed her race to perfection, making her move, over the last 100-metres.
The 24-year old from Roodepoort makes history by becoming the first South African woman swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Penny Heyns at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
Read here how @TRSchoenmaker won Olympic gold in world record time
By @GaryLemke https://t.co/ZAr735UsXL#TeamSA #Tokyo2020— Team South Africa (@TeamSA2024) July 30, 2021
The face after you realise you've broken the WORLD RECORD!
Tatjana Schoenmaker is your new world record holder in the women's 200m breaststroke. #RSA@fina1908 @TeamSA2020 #Swimming #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/8gQUd8wEpo
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 30, 2021
This is for you, South Africa 🇿🇦❤️
📸 @AntonGeyser #TeamSA pic.twitter.com/x2yluw3dbb
— Team South Africa (@TeamSA2024) July 30, 2021
