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Tunisia’s Hafnaoui wins men’s 1,500m freestyle world title
1 year, 4 months ago

Tunisia’s Hafnaoui wins men’s 1,500m freestyle world title

The Hindu  

Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui won the men’s 1,500m freestyle title at swimming’s world championships on Sunday. Hafnaoui came home in 14min, 31.54sec to finish ahead of American Bobby Finke on 14:31.59 and Australia’s Sam Short on 14:37.28. I enjoyed the race and thanks Bobby for pushing me.” Short led for most of the race but faded towards the end to leave …

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Swimming World Championships: Hafnaoui, Marchand and Qin win world titles
1 year, 4 months ago

Swimming World Championships: Hafnaoui, Marchand and Qin win world titles

The Hindu  

Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui won the men’s 800m freestyle at swimming’s world championships on Wednesday. Hafnaoui, the reigning Olympic 400m freestyle champion2, took silver behind Short in the 400m freestyle on the competition’s opening night. Qin Haiyang wins 50m breaststroke gold Gold medallist Haiyang Qin of Team China looks on during the medal ceremony for Men’s 50m Breaststroke Final on day …

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Sam Short beats Hafnaoui to win 400m freestyle world title; misses world record by 0.61 secs
1 year, 5 months ago

Sam Short beats Hafnaoui to win 400m freestyle world title; misses world record by 0.61 secs

The Hindu  

Australian teen Sam Short won the men’s 400m freestyle at swimming’s world championships in Fukuoka on Sunday, pipping Tunisia’s Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui to the title. “I just put my head down at the end, and I don’t know how I beat his long arms to the wall, but I did it.” Hafnaoui finished second at 3:40.70, while Germany’s Lukas …

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Tunisian teenager makes major splash in Tokyo
3 years, 4 months ago

Tunisian teenager makes major splash in Tokyo

China Daily  

Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui celebrates after winning the final of the men's 400m freestyle during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Sunday. Unheralded Hafnaoui delivers huge shock to claim 400m freestyle gold TOKYO－Nobody was watching Ahmed Hafnaoui in lane eight of the Olympic pool. Hafnaoui's winning time was almost three seconds faster than his previous best before …

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Tunisia’s Hafnaoui wins surprise Olympic swimming gold
3 years, 5 months ago

Tunisia’s Hafnaoui wins surprise Olympic swimming gold

Al Jazeera  

The teenager squeaked into the final by 14-hundredths of a second, landing him in the far outside lane. Nobody was watching Ahmed Hafnaoui in lane eight of the Olympic pool but all eyes were on the Tunisian teenager at the finish. “I was so surprised.” Australia’s Jack McLoughlin earned silver and American Kieran Smith took bronze. Asked what he knew …

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