Algerian swimmer Oussama Sahnoune has snatched Thursday the gold medal in men’s 50m freestyle at the Islamic Solidarity Games of Palembang, Indonesia (September 22 - October 1).
The former swimmer of USM Algiers club clocked 22.84 ahead of Indonesian Sidiq Triady Fauzy (22.88) and Egyptian Younis Shehab (22.96).
It is Algeria’s second gold medal in the ISG 2013 and the first in swimming since several years.Oussama Sahnoune ranked 7th in 50m butterfly on Tuesday and 4th in100m butterfly on Wednesday. These two events helped him to prepare well for the 50m freestyle and snatch the gold, he told APS.
He also won a silver medal along with the twins Djendouci Badis and Ryad and Belkhodja Nazim in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, clocking 3:26.10 behind the Turkish swimmers
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