By Simon Evans
U.S. swimmers Lilly King and Annie Lazor took the silver and bronze medals.
Schoenmaker, who had already claimed silver in the 100m breaststroke on Tuesday, powered to the finish 0.97 seconds ahead of King.
The 24-year-old’s victory marked the second African gold medal in the pool following Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui’s success in the men’s 400m freestyle on Sunday.
King led until the 150m turn when Schoenmaker went in front and then delivered a powerful final length to smash the world record and grab gold.
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Peter Rutherford )
Well done Tatjana!Enjoy it.
Tajana Happymaker – congratulations golden girl
Congratulations ! May your record stand for many years. I watched your triumph on the S.A. T.V. channels – which showed you and the runners up with your medals. Unfortunately did not show the footage with the national anthem being played. Such a pity