Dylan Bettencourt
U-Ahmed Hafnaoui uzimangaze yena uqobo kanye nezwe lonke ngemuva kokuthi anqobe indondo yegolide kumqhudelwano ka-400m freestyle yabesilisa kuma-Olimpiki.
Lo mbhukudi wase-Tunisia ungene kowamanqamu enesikhathi esincane, kodwa ngemuva kokuthola isikhathi semizuzu emi-3 namasekhondi angama-43.36, uHafnaoui ube ngumpetha wama-Olimpiki ngesikhathi semizuzwana engu-0.16.
“Nami bengimangele. Akukholakali. Angikholwa nhlobo,” kusho uHafnaoui obejabule ngokweqile ngemuva kokuwina indondo yakhe yokuqala yegolide kuma-Olimpiki futhi okuyindondo yesibili yegolide eyake yatholwa esizweni sakubo e-Tunisia.
UHafnaoui uphinde waba ngumuntu omncane wase-Afrika ukunqoba igolide lokubhukuda kusukela ngowezi-1952 ngenkathi uJoan Harrison waseNingizimu Afrika ethola igolide emidlalweni yase-Helsinki.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala uzothola elinye ithuba lokuzuzela isizwe sakhe izindondo zesiliva ngoLwesibili uma esencintisana ku-800m. UHafnaoui uthe inhloso yakhe elandelayo ukuya enyuvesi yaseMelika ngowezi-2022.
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