TeamSA will have two ladies in the 200 metres breaststroke final after TRSchoenmaker and KayleneCorbett surged to victory in their respective semi-finals Olympics Tokyo2020 By ashfakmohamed IOLsport
But then she started to make up ground on the American King, producing a 36.35-second split in the third 50m compared to the 37.02 of her rival.
ALSO READ: ‘Best race ever’ for Tatjana Schoenmaker as Kaylene Corbett now wants to rock ’n roll in 200m breaststrokeThe 24-year-old, also a Tuks Sport athlete like Corbett, gradually increased her lead, with further splits of 35.61, 35.74 and 36.05 to clinch victory in 2:19.33.
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