On the morning of July 25, the men's 400m freestyle final of the Tokyo Olympic Games came to an end, and the competition broke out! Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnawi in Lane 8 won the title, and at just 18 years old he swam 3:43.36. Hafnawi has only participated in one international competition, and at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, he finished 8th in the event.
In the preliminaries, Hafnawi was good enough that he improved his best time from 3:46.16 to 3:45.68, which ranked 8th out of all 16 players. After reaching the final, Hafnawi was 2.32 seconds ahead of the preliminaries, beating Australia's McRolin and American Smith to win the gold medal, the second gold medal in Tunisian Olympic history in indoor swimming.
During the time when Sun Yang dominated the swimming world, the men's 400-meter freestyle has always been his highly competitive sport. He won the London Olympics and the second runner-up at the Rio Olympics, holding the Olympic record of 3:40.14, more than 3 seconds faster than Hafnawi's current victory. At the Olympic Games, China's 23-year-old Ji Xinjie competed in this event, but he only swam 3 minutes 48.27 seconds in the preliminaries, missing the final, which is also the first time that the Chinese swimming team has missed the final of the men's 400-meter freestyle since the 2012 London Olympics.
The absence of the Chinese player in the final triggered everyone's nostalgia for Sun Yang. It is worth mentioning that Marc Horton, the Rio Olympic men's 400m freestyle champion who has always regarded Sun Yang as an enemy, did not pass the domestic selection in Australia, lost the qualification, and also missed the men's 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. In the post-Sun Yang era, who can become the king of the men's 400-meter freestyle can only wait for time to give the answer.
Horton (left)