By Dan Palmer at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre Sunday, 25 July 2021
Tunisian teenager Ayoub Hafnaoui claimed a stunning gold on the opening morning of Olympic swimming finals at Tokyo 2020, as Yui Ohashi topped the podium for hosts Japan and Australia set a relay world record.
Few here would have tipped 18-year-old Hafanoui in the men s 400 metres freestyle final but the youngster, who came fourth in his heat, produced an exceptional swim from lane eight to touch home in 3min 43.36sec.
He follows in the footsteps of acclaimed African swimming champions such as Zimbabwe s Kirsty Coventry and South Africa s had le Clos, as well as his compatriot Oussama Mellouli.
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