South Africa’s Tatjana Smith flew to Olympic glory at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the women’s 100m breaststroke to take her country’s first gold medal in the event since 1996.
She touched the wall with a time of 1:05.28 before breaking down in tears of joy.
People’s Republic of China’s Tang Qianting took the silver medal with 1:05.54, followed by the Republic of Ireland’s Mona McSharry, who took third with 1:05.59.
USA’s Lilly King, who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the event, missed the podium by one-hundredth of a second, to finish tied for fourth with a time of 1:05.60.