Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia Wins Gold Medal in Beijing 2008 - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final

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Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia Wins Gold Medal in Beijing 2008 - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Sun Aug 17 2008

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"Hackett, who was going for his third successive 1500m gold in Beijing, led for much of the race before Mellouli staged a late charge with 200m to go.

Mellouli held on in a tense finish to win Tunisia's first ever Olympic medal in a time of 14 minutes 40.84 seconds."

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Oussama Mellouli de la Tunisie Decroche la medaille d'OR Beijing 2008 -1 500 m nage libre - hommes, dim. 17 août 2008
"Le Tunisien Oussama Mellouli a remporté la médaille d'or olympique du 1500 m nage libre ce matin (heure chinoise) à l' « Aquacube » avec un chrono de 14'40''84. L'Australien Grant Hackett, médaillé d'or olympique de la distance en 2000 et en 2004, est arrivé 2e en 14'41''53, suivi du Canadien Ryan Cochrane (14'42''69)." Source

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Biography



Trained by Dave Salo Head Coach of the University of Southern California

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FINA WORLD SWIMMING RANKINGS 2008
(as of 18 Aug '08)

1500 METRES Freestyle Men LC

RANK

.................ATHLETE

NAT

BY

TIME

...........COMPETITION

1

HACKETT Grant

AUS

1980

14:38.92

Beijing08

2

COCHRANE Ryan

CAN

1988

14:40.84

Beijing08

2

MELLOULI Oussama

TUN

1984

14:40.84

Beijing08

His interview on before Beijing '08

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Interview de Karim Ben Amor apres la medaille

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Oussama Mellouli celebrates on the podium. (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)

The Men's 1500m Freestyle final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing, China, on August 17, 2008.
Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the gold medal in the event with 14 minutes 40.84 seconds.

Oussama Mellouli swims. (Photo credit: Chen Kai/Xinhua)

Oussama Mellouli celebrates. (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)

Oussama Mellouli (L) receives congratulations. (Photo credit: Fei Maohua/Xinhua)

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