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Andy Nesbitt

The amazing Ahmed Hafnaoui is our first ‘Hero of the Weekend’ from the Tokyo Olympics

Each Monday during the Tokyo Olympics I’ll be giving a very prestigious award to an athlete who does something incredible over the weekend… and by a prestigious award I mean I’ll do a video where I sing their praises.

Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui is the first “Hero of the Weekend” for what he did in the men’s 400 freestyle Sunday in Tokyo. This 18-year-old kid swam a personal best in the prelims to be the last person to qualify for the finals and then he stunned a star-studded group and won the gold medal.

And his celebration was unreal. Learn more about this legend in the video at the top of this post.

Congrats, Ahmed Hafnaoui!

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