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Bloem-born Corbett and Schoenmaker into 200m breaststroke final─── MORGAN PIEK 06:18 Thu, 29 Jul 2021
The Bloemfontein-born Kaylene Corbett and Tatjana Schoenmaker are through to the final of the women’s 200m breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Swimming in the first semi-final in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Corbett won in a time of 2:22:08 to set the fourth fast time in qualifying for the final.
The silver medalist in the 100m breaststroke, Schoenmaker, was on world record pace again as she won the second semi-final in 2:19:33.
Schoenmaker will swim in the golden lane for the final, while Corbett will be in lane six.
The swimmer occupying lane five, Evgeniia Chikunova, could be up for a medal. The 16-year-old set the second fastest time in the semi-finals in 2:20.57.
The final will be contested at 03:41 on Friday morning.
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