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South Africa’s Tatjana Smith clinched Africa's first gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. The 27-year-old swimmer won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke event with a late surge in a thrilling battle. Smith, a gold medallist in the 200m breaststroke in Tokyo 2020, triumphed with a time of 1:05.28 ahead of China's Tang Qianting, who got the silver medal in 1:05.54, while Ireland's Mona McSharry settled...