Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 1: Hafnaoui Makes History With Upset 400 Free Gold

Tokyo 2020, Africa Day 1: Hafnaoui Makes History With Upset 400 Free Gold
18-year-old Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui won Africa's first medal in the men's 400 freestyle with an upset gold over a veteran field. Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
Tunisia’s
Ahmed Hafnaoui orchestrated the first major upset of the swimming competition in Tokyo, winning Olympic gold in the men’s 400 freestyle from out in Lane 8 in what was a truly stunning result.
Hafnaoui, 18, had a strong showing in the prelims just to get into the final, lowering his best time from 3:46.16 to 3:45.68 to snag eighth place after coming in seeded 16th, but that was only the beginning.

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