UVA swimming legend Kate Douglass held off South Africa's Tatjana Smith to win the 200-meter breaststroke and claim her first-ever Olympic gold medal.
Former Virginia swimmer Kate Douglass, one of the greatest to ever swim at the collegiate level, earned her first-ever Olympic gold medal on Thursday in Paris, holding off defending Olympic Champion Tatjana Smith of South Africa in a thrilling final in the 200-meter breaststroke. Douglass broke her own American record and finished in 2:19.24, just ahead of Smith, who finished in 2:19.60 to take silver.
Douglass will have another chance to earn a medal in the 200-meter individual medley, with the prelims for that event set to begin on Friday.Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: [email protected]: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedIn | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow. He has been covering UVA athletics since 2019 and has been the managing editor at CavaliersNow since launching the site in August 2021.
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