Gwangju, Friday, 26th July 2019 - Swimming sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker became the first South African woman to win a medal at the FINA World Long-Course Championships finishing second in the 200m breaststroke final in Gwangju, South Korea on Friday.    Schoenmaker won the country’s second medal of the championships after Chad le Clos obtained the 200m butterfly bronze medal on Wednesday.  The 22-year-old Schoenmaker and training partner Kaylene Corbett both featured in the race which was the f... Read More

Gwangju, Thursday, 25th July 2019 - Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett will line up in the 200m breaststroke final after posting new personal best times in their respective semi-finals at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on Thursday.    Schoenmaker marched into her second final of the championships in style touching second in her race hitting the wall in a new South African and continental record of two minutes 21.79 seconds (2:21.79), chopping 0.23s off her previous ... Read More

Gwangju, Wednesday, 24thJuly 2019 - Gwangju, Wednesday, 24th July 2019 - Chad le Clos won South Africa’s first medal at the at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju,  South Korea on Wednesday bagging bronze in the 200m butterfly.   The four-time world champion blitzed out of the blocks leading the race over the two laps with Hungarian sensation Kristof Malik reeling him in over the second half of the race.  Malik was in a class of his smashing American icon Michael Phe... Read More

Gwangju, Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 - Swimming sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker made a strong challenge for a podium place finishing sixth in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on Tuesday.   The 22-year-old Schoenmaker came up against a world-class field which included world record holder Lilly King of the United States and the former Russian world champion Yuliya Efimova.  Schoenmaker hit the wall in sixth place with a time of one minute, 06.60 s... Read More

Gwangju, Monday, 22nd July 2019  - South Africa’s golden girl in the pool Tatjana Schoenmaker qualified for her first final at the 18th FINA World Long-Course Championships in Gwangju, South Korea on Monday.  Schoenmaker showed no sign of nerves finishing second in her 100m breaststroke semi-final with a time of 1:06.61. She touched second behind former Russian world champion Yuliya Efimova, who won the race in a time of 1:05.56 which was the fastest of the two semi-finals.    Schoenmaker s... Read More