'I lost my love for swimming' - Smith comes out of retirement
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tatjana Smith was the only South African to win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in ParisByIsaac FaninBBC World ServiceHaving ended a two-year exile from competitive swimming, South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith has revealed she "lost the love" for her sport before stepping away from the pool in 2024.
But after two years away, which included several months in which she did not swim at all, Smith says she is now "free from the things that made me hate swimming"."My whole life, I was kind of a robot towards swimming," she told Newsday on the BBC World Service."
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