Tatjana Smith on her Olympic gold: I closed my eyes and said ‘let’s just go’
‘Everyone just fights for everything, but my main goal was to not do what I did in Tokyo and look around’
30 July 2024 - 08:30
Locked in the heat of battle over the final metres of the 100m breaststroke at the Paris Olympics on Monday night, Tatjana Smith closed her eyes and told herself “let’s just go”...
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