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Jul
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Olympics: Japan enjoy golden day, Tunisian swimmer stuns superpowers

Olympics: Japan enjoy golden day, Tunisian swimmer stuns superpowers

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SAM NUSSEY, TAKASHI UMEKAWA and MITCH PHILLIPS THE Tokyo Olympics has delivered a day of high drama, with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great David v Goliath cycling victories and double sibling judo gold as Japan continued their golden start. The host nation bagged skateboarding's first gold medal courtesy of Yuto Horigome, then saw Uta Abe and her brother Hifumi make history as the first siblings to win gold medals in different events on the same day in any sport. With swimmer Yui Ohashi also victorious, Japan's overall gold medal tally rose to five, one behind…
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Jul
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia wins Africa’s 1st gold Olympic medal

Tunisia wins Africa’s 1st gold Olympic medal

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AFRICA has got her first Olympic 2020 medal and it is gold. Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui shocked the swimming world with a stunning victory in the men's 400m freestyle final. The 18-year-old, who qualified with the slowest time and swam the final in the outside lane, won by 0.16 seconds, with Australia's Jack McLoughlin taking silver and the USA's Kieran Smith bronze.  Three years ago,  Hafnaoui finished eighth in the same event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Hafanoui was excited: “I just put my head under the water and that’s it. I just can’t believe it.…
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