Oussama ous mellouli is a tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley. Tunisian oussama mellouli added the 5km world title to his 10km olympic crown in the open water event at the world swimming championships in barcelona on saturday. Highlights from the hyde park at the london 2012 olympic games as oussama mellouli tunisia wins the gold medal in the mens marathon 10km swimming event with thomas lurz germany winning silver. Oussama mellouli stock pictures, royaltyfree photos. Tunisias oussama mellouli won his second medal of the london olympics with victory in the grueling mens 10kilometer marathon swim friday. Double olympic champion oussama mellouli of tunisia has opted to continue his career with the aim of competing for gold in both the 1500m and 10km open water marathon at the world championships in. Oussama mellouli tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He denied australias grant hackett a third straight title in the event, touching the wall first in an african. A flood of orange jubilation for ferry weertman, of netherlands, who claims his countrys second olympic gold medal at the 2016 rio olympic games in the marathon swimming events. Tunisias oussama mellouli like an outboard motor in 10k open swimming. Mellouli wins marathon swim international olympic committee. He is a threetime olympic medalist, is an african record holder, and trains with the usc trojans team based at the university of southern california, where he went.
Oussama mellouli of tunisia competes in the mens marathon 10km swim on day 14 of the. Read all the latest news and updates on oussama mellouli only on. Mellouli explains climb to olympic pool and open water podium. Oussama mellouli of tunisia stunned the crowd with spectacular display of swimming to clinch the gold medal. Find all news including political news, current affairs and news headlines online on oussama mellouli today. Mellouli unseated thomas lurz of germany who has dominated the 5km event since his first title in 2005s montreal world championships.
Anderson and mellouli claim world open water gold fox news. Jack burnell launches into extraordinary rant after. Oussama mellouli wins mens marathon 10km swimming gold. Swimming at the 2012 summer olympics mens marathon 10. The events silver medal was won by ryan cochrane can. Mellouli triumphs in 10km marathon swim from the london 2012 gallery, plus get access to similar videos and galleries. The olympic 10km champion oussama mellouli of tunisia won his first fina world championship title in the 5km using his trademark jets to sprint to the touchpad in the final 100 metres of the race. Around the 7km mark, he picked up pace and managed to steal a threebodylength lead over competing athletes. Official profile of olympic athlete oussama mellouli born 16 feb 1984, including games, medals, results, photos, videos and news. After 10km mellouli s margin of victory is just over 3. In london olympics 2012, the 10km openwater swimming marathon took place in serpentine lake hyde park on aug 10. Upon reaching the 7km mark, mellouli pulled off a burst of speed to take a threebody lead over a small pack of swimmers. Tunisias oussama mellouli poses with his gold medal after the mens 10km marathon swimming at hyde park during the london olympic games august.
Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats. He also competed in the 10km marathon finishing in the 12th place with 1. Find highquality oussama mellouli stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. London 2012 oussama mellouli proudly wears tunisias only gold medal from the london 2012 games in the mens open water 10km marathon swim. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Swimming at the 2008 summer olympics mens 1500 metre.
However the 23yearold was held back by oussama mellouli and in attempting to free himself from the tunisian he drew a disqualification. Tunisian overcomes illness to win olympic 10k open water event. Understandably, burnell could not contain his anger. He is a threetime olympic medalist, is an african record holde. Chinas sun yang sets an incredible new world record of 14. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Oussama mellouli bio, facts, family famous birthdays. The mens marathon swim over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 olympic games in london took place on 10 august in the serpentine at hyde park. Mellouli also earned bronze in the 1500m freestyle and becomes the first swimmer to medal in both pool and open water swimming events.
Tunisias oussama mellouli during his gold medal win in the mens 10km open water swimming marathon at the london 2012 olympic games. Oussama mellouli of tunisia wins the open water swimming mens 5k race on. Hercules troyden prinsloo born 16 september 1985 is a distance freestyle swimmer and professional marathon swimmer from duban south africa prinsloo won three gold medals at the 2007 allafrica games and studied at the university of georgia in the united states. Oussama mellouli celebrates winning gold after in the mens marathon 10km swim. The mens 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2008 olympic games took place on 15 and 17 august at the beijing national aquatics center in beijing, china competing at his third games, oussama mellouli made an olympic milestone to become tunisias first ever gold medalist in 48 years. Tunisian olympic star, oussama mellouli, is a historymaker, the first african male to win an.
Outclassing a vast field of rivals, tunisias oussama mellouli built a historic milestone as the first ever swimmer to capture olympic titles in both pool and open water. Mellouli hails miracle after taking gold to accompany. Tunisias oussama mellouli won the mens 10km marathon gold in the open water of the serpentine today. This event is a relative newcomer to the olympic programme, making its debut as an official olympic event at the beijing 2008 games. Taking place in open water environments such as the sea, rivers and lakes, but with a premium on safety, the mens and womens 10km open water swimming event is known as the marathon swimming event. Mellouli eyes 1500m10km double in barcelona swimming. Oussama mellouli shows both stamina and grace to claim gold in the final of the mens 1500m freestyle event at the beijing 2008 summer olympic games. Tunisias oussama mellouli catches his breath after winning gold ap britains daniel fogg finished fifth in the 10km openwater competition with a time of 1hr 50min 37. Mellouli wins marathon swim london 2012 oussama mellouli of tunisia looks up and rejoices winning the swim marathon.
Tunisias oussama mellouli becomes first swimmer to win medals in pool and open water after taking gold in the mens swimming marathon. Sun yang smashes mens 1500m freestyle world record. He is a threetime olympic medalist, is an african record holder, and trains with the usc trojans team based at the university of southern california, where he studied as a computer science undergraduate and swam collegiately. Jack burnell becomes first british athlete to qualify. Britains jack burnell clinched a trip to the 2016 rio olympics with a fifthplace finish in the mens 10km at the world aquatic championships in kazan. I was just feeling my bearings today after three years of being. Mellouli, who took bronze in the 1500m freestyle in the pool last week, was followed home by the german thomas lurz who took silver. By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies as described in cookie policy. Oussama mellouli of tunisia competes in the mens marathon 10km swim on. Tunisias oussama mellouli like an outboard motor in 10k.
Oussama mellouli of tunesia competes during the mens 10km marathon swim on day 11 of the. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content. London afp tunisias oussama mellouli survived a late surge from his rivals to win the mens 10km. Team gbs jack burnell in furious rant after disqualification in olympic marathon swimming. Oussama ous mellouli is a tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. Oussama mellouli of tunisia became first swimmer to win a medal in pool and open water events in the same games. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images.
Double dutch joy in rio 2016 marathon swimming olympic news. The netherlands completed a golden 10km open water double off copacabana beach, with sharon van rouwendaal producing a superb solo swim to win the womens race by a distance and compatriot ferry weertman edging a photo finish to land the mens title 24 hours later. Oussama mellouli set historic milestone in the event. Oussama mellouli champion olympique en eau libre duration. Mellouli triumphs in 10km marathon london 2012 swimming. Gold for tunisias mellouli in marathon swimming sputnik. Tunisias oussama mellouli triumphed in one of the most gruelling events in the games, winning the mens 10km marathon gold in the open water of the serpentine.
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