PARIS : Twice Olympic champion Tatjana Smith is ready to retire after the Paris Games, with the South African saying on Wednesday that she no longer wanted to be defined by her achievements even as she seeks a second gold medal at La Defense Arena.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 29, 2024. Gold medallist Tatjana Smith of South Africa celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
"It really forced me to think for my character as well, there were some ups and downs, but it really came down to the mental side," Smith told reporters. A household name in her home country, Smith is a serial medal winner in the World Championships and also the Commonwealth Games. She changed her surname from Schoenmaker after getting married in November last year.
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