Swimming

Lara van Niekerk looking to make her mark in the pool

Matric pupil has already broken Tatjana Schoenmaker’s 50m breaststroke Africa record

09 January 2022 - 00:00

By David Isaacson

The rapid rise of Lara van Niekerk has put SA swimming in the unique position of being able to aim at cleaning up gold in all three women’s breaststroke events at the Commonwealth Games later this year.

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