Smith reveals focus shift to 50m breaststroke and LA 2028 target
2 Sep 22 5:21 AM · 2d ago · 7 articles · 1 source · development 2 of 2
In extended interviews, Smith explains her comeback is driven by rediscovering her love for swimming, clarifies she is shifting her primary focus to the 50m breaststroke—a new Olympic event—and states her goal is competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
“For the first time, I am choosing swimming and I am choosing the event and I am choosing a new event, that has no history but to try and write some new history.”
Tatjana SmithTatjana Smith Olympic swimmer, South AfricaDean Price Head of high performance, Swimming South AfricaMichael Houlie Fellow South African swimmerDuné Coetzee Fellow South African swimmer
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 4 claims were published in its stretch
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first by Yahoo Sports, 2d ago · also BBC Africa, BBC Sport
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- 'I lost my love for swimming' - Smith comes out of retirement Yahoo Sports · 1d ago
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1 outlet NEW CHAPTER: ‘This time the decision is mine’ — Tatjana Smith returns to competitive swimming
first by Daily Maverick, 1d ago
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first by News24, 2d ago
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first by Yahoo Sports, 2d ago
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