{"id":21834,"date":"2013-08-12T01:13:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T23:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/schoeman-wins-third-gold-in-berlin\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T01:13:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T23:13:49","slug":"schoeman-wins-third-gold-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/schoeman-wins-third-gold-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoeman wins third gold in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/schoeman-defies-age-to-win-two-golds-in-berlin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal<\/a>\u00a0from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in\u00a0<a title=\"Berlin\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.5005555556,13.3988888889spn=0.1,0.1q=52.5005555556,13.3988888889 (Berlin)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Berlin<\/a>\u00a0this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=13104\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13104\" alt=\"Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin. Photo: AP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b478f_2184076011.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin. Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Olympian stunned the favourite, Vladimir Morozov (Russia), with another blistering start to steal the gold medal in the men\u2019s 50m freestyle and clock an amazing 20.86 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Morozov was unable to close Schoeman down and ended second on 21.00 with Steffen Deibler (Germany) taking the bronze in 21.04.<\/p>\n<p>Schoeman was unbeaten on Saturday in the 50m breaststroke (25.65) and 50m butterfly (22.05).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is amazing. To get almost everything right from the start was important to beat a field like this,\u201d said Schoeman afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree gold medals from three starts \u2013 that has not happened in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I must just say a huge thank you to those supporters who have continued to believe in me, this was for them.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/sport\/more-sport\/roland-wins-third-gold-in-berlin-1.1560448#.UgfKKpKj3ng\" target=\"_blank\">Sapa<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/10\/schoeman-strikes-double-gold-in-berlin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b478f_192579648_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/10\/schoeman-strikes-double-gold-in-berlin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schoeman strikes \u201cdouble gold\u201d in Berlin<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/11\/schoeman-defies-age-to-take-two-golds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b478f_192712622_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/11\/schoeman-defies-age-to-take-two-golds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schoeman defies age to take two golds<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/07\/le-clos-breaks-world-sc-record-in-eindhoven\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b478f_191777607_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zwemza.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/07\/le-clos-breaks-world-sc-record-in-eindhoven\/\" target=\"_blank\">Le Clos breaks world SC record in Eindhoven<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b478f_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ace sprinter Roland Schoeman raced to his third gold medal\u00a0from three starts on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in\u00a0Berlin\u00a0this afternoon. 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