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Schoenmaker secures spot in world champs 100m breaststroke final

Karien Jonckheere by Karien Jonckheere
25 July 2023
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Schoenmaker secures spot

FUKUOKA, JAPAN - JULY 24: Tatjana SCHOENMAKER (RSA) in action during the Women’s 100m Breaststroke on day 11 of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A on July 24, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan. (Photo by Anton Geyser/Gallo Images)

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24 July 2023 – Tatjana Schoenmaker safely negotiated her way through to the
100m breaststroke final on the second day of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, while her young teammate Lara van Niekerk
missed out in the heats.
 
Taking on an impressively strong field, Schoenmaker finished second in her semifinal in 1:05.53 to qualify third fastest for Tuesday’s final.
 
Lithuanian 2012 Olympic champion Ruta Meilutytė qualified fastest for the final in 1:05.09, having swum a blisteringly quick 1:04.67 in the morning heats.

Fan favs @TRSchoenmaker and @LaravanNiekerk took to the water this morning in the 100Breaststroke event. Tatjana secured a spot in the semifinals 1:05.56, unfortunately, Lara missed out on a spot with 1:07.03 📸: @southafricansportsimages pic.twitter.com/0TYCrQGBBd

— Swimming South Africa (@SwimSouthAfrica) July 24, 2023
Speaking about her semifinal performance, a thrilled Schoenmaker said: “I
think because I had such a good swim in the morning I was surprised, I felt
good, I was obviously hoping I had a good one, but I think it just took the
pressure off [in the semifinal] as well.
 
“It was my fastest time since the Olympics as well, so I was very happy with
that, that just meant I could enjoy the racing in the semi and the final
because I got the time already in the heats, my best time so far in terms of
the season.”
 
Speaking about Tuesday’s final, Schoenmaker added: “I could work on a few
little things that I can change in the final in terms of the small technical
things so there’s definitely space for improvement, and then it’s just
having a good rest and resting well for tomorrow night.”
Earlier in the day Schoenmaker had finished second in her heat in a time of
1:05.56 to qualify third fastest for the semifinals. But Van Niekerk’s time
of 1:07.03 in the same heat, well off the 1:05.47 she swam on her way to
Commonwealth Games gold in the event last year, was not quick enough to see
her through as she finished 18th overall.
 
The 20-year-old will be back in action in the 50m breaststroke, the event in
which she claimed South Africa’s only medal of the 2022 World Championships
in Budapest.
 
Van Niekerk’s coach Eugene de Ponte said: “I was not surprised at how fast
the heats were for the 100 this morning.
 
“This is arguably the strongest field of breaststroke women ever at a world
champs. The depth is amazing and with swimmers like Lara and Anna Elendt
from Germany – last year’s silver medallist in the 100 – both narrowly
missing out on semis, that just shows how strong the field is.
 
“Lara was disappointed, but we know where we went wrong and what we need to
correct with a year now before Paris, and we now have the time to make those
changes.
 
“Nothing will change for our approach to the 50, we always knew that was our
main target here and we will go into the event on the weekend, give our best
and see what happens.”

🗓️ #Swimming Schedule at the 20th @WorldAquatics Championships 2023 - Fukuoka, Japan #WorldAquaticsChampionships2023 #SwimmingSchedule pic.twitter.com/GBFOfFLhgZ

— Swimming South Africa (@SwimSouthAfrica) July 24, 2023
Meanwhile, other South Africans in action on Tuesday were Milla Drakopoulos,
who finished sixth in her 100m backstroke heat in a time of 1:02.77 to place
35th overall. Righardt Muller was 44th overall in the men’s 200m freestyle
after finishing seventh in his heat in a time of 1:52.25.
 
Swimming action continues on Tuesday with SA’s Michael Houlie competing in
the men’s 50m breaststroke heats, Aimee Canny in the women’s 200m freestyle
and Muller back in the pool in the men’s 800m freestyle, while Schoenmaker
will contest the 100m breaststroke final in the evening session.

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Fore More South African Aquastic News:

Day 10: Aquatics Championships – Team South Africa Update

Team South Africa Updates: Day 8 World Aquatics Championships

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