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Rachel Kolisi, South African author and social commentator, has reacted after Olympic swimming champion Tatjana Smith announced that she would represent the Netherlands at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Rachel shared a video of the emotional swimmer on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, adding three goat emojis to the repost.
The video, originally shared on Smith’s social media account, showed her in tears as she revealed her decision to compete under the Dutch flag at the next Olympic Games.
Smith is married to Joel Smith, Rachel Kolisi’s brother. The couple tied the knot in November 2023.
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Smith, who holds dual South African and Dutch citizenship, won four Olympic medals across the 2020 and 2024 Games, including two gold and two silver medals.
She retired from competitive swimming in 2024 but announced her return to the sport in September 2026.
Explaining her decision, Smith said she believed she could learn from the Dutch swimming system and hoped to bring some of that knowledge and experience back to South Africa.
