# Swimming: The Freedom Front Plus will ask Sports minister Gayton McKenzie to intervene urgently after Tatjana Smith announced she will swim for the Netherlands. South Africa’s most decorated Olympian is targeting the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, saying she feels excluded and neglected. Smith fought through lawyers for 578-thousand-rand prize money from the 2023 Fukuoka World Championship withheld by Swimming South Africa. The party’s Heloïse Denner blames administrative incompetence, financial misconduct and contempt for swimmers, and demands an independent inquiry into Swimming South Africa.
Swimming: FF Plus demands urgent action after Tatjana Smith switches to Netherlands