Swimming world championships: silver medal and African record for Ahmed Hafnaoui – Swimming – Sport News Africa

After a white 2022 season, Ahmed Hafnaoui is again on the prime. The Tunisian received the silver medal within the first ultimate of the swimming world championships, this Sunday, July 23 in Fukuoka, Japan. The Olympic champion completed second within the 400m freestyle with a canonical time of 3mn40s70, simply two hundredths behind the winner, the Australian Samuel Brief (3mn40s68).

🇦🇺Sam Brief is the primary #Swimming world champion at #Fukuoka23 🇯🇵

Males 400m Freestyle:
🇦🇺 Sam SHORTS 3:40.68
🇹🇳 Ahmed HAFNAOUI 3:40.70
🇩🇪 Lukas MARTENS 3:42.20 pic.twitter.com/Dz2nmDRMFU

—World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 23, 2023

Fourth within the sequence, the native of Métlaoui accelerated all through his ultimate. He was fifth after the primary 100 meters earlier than step by step breaking away within the lead with Samuel Brief. The 2 males took off midway by the race. Ahmed Hafnaoui was in entrance for many of the final 200 meters, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient. Samuel Brief was nevertheless 0.09 seconds sooner than him within the ultimate size to beat him to the touchline.

Hafnaoui nonetheless enters historical past. He set a brand new African report within the 400m freestyle held by his compatriot Oussama Mellouli (3mn41s11). The Olympic champion additionally presents himself the fifth greatest time of all time within the occasion. The Tunisian may additionally afford different information in these Worlds. Because the silver medalist within the 1500m on the Brief Course Worlds is predicted within the 800m freestyle and 1,500m freestyle.