Olympic blasts! Tatjana Schoenmaker claims the breaststroke double at the World Student Games

1924 — Sydney Atkinson finishes second in the 110m hurdles for the Olympic silver at the Paris Games. Four years later he upgraded to gold, becoming the first South African to do so and the only until he was briefly joined by Caster Semenya after she won the 800m gold at Rio 2016 after finishing second at London 2012. But her London silver was later upgraded to gold after the 2012 champion was disqualified for doping.

2019 — Tatjana Schoenmaker claims the breaststroke double at the World Student Games, winning the 200m breaststroke in 2 min 22.92 sec to add to her 100m crown. Her Tuks teammate, Kaylene Corbett, was fourth. Schoenmaker ended fourth in the 50m breaststroke two days later, just 0.41 sec behind the winner.

2021 — Tokyo Olympic organisers take the decision to ban all fans from the Games because of rising cases of Covid-19 infections. They had previously decided to cap the number of spectators at the Olympic venues. Revenue from ticket sales for Tokyo had initially been expected to reach $815m.