Coetzé and Smith headline powerhouse SA squad for World Short Course Champs in Beijing
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South Africa has named a 21-swimmer squad for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing this December. Pieter Coetzé and Tatjana Smith lead the team. Coetzé is competing for a Double Crown bonus worth $45,000. Smith enters the competition after a gold medal sprint performance at the national championships.
Pieter Coetzé and a reinvented Tatjana Smith headline a formidable 21-swimmer South African squad named for December’s World Short Course Championships in Beijing, with Coetzé chasing an unprecedented $45000 ‘Double Crown’ bonus and Smith building on her golden sprint return at nationals.