Oussama Mellouli, Men’s 1500m Freestyle Gold [Swimming]
News August 17th, 2008
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Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia defeated Grant Hackett of Australia to clinch the Men’s 1500m Freestyle golden title. Mellouli finished the race in 14 minutes 40.84 seconds. Ryan Cochrane of Canada had bronze.
Via Beijing 2008
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This IS historical, too! …but is being ‘drowned-out’ by all the ‘noise’ on Phelps and superstar 41 year old Dara Torres–Dara, who, by the way, I admire immensely.
Tunisia’s historical first INDIVIDUAL gold medal in swimming!! Not to mention, an African male in a long distance race! I mean, how many black swimmers have their been–less than two handfuls–Melia Melleta from France , Enith Brigitha of The Netherlands,
Nesty Anthony of Suriname, Neisser Bent of Cuba, Anthony Ervin & Cullen Jones of the USA, Maritza Correia.
BTW: Black people DO like to swim competitively. I can attest. I swam competitively as a teenager. But a lot of black swimmers in the USA are hampered by the costs, lack of access to swimming facilities/coaches, and because it’s a hair thang.