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He has shown tremendous skills in the pool and today dominated the 10k so congrats.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The first morning of swimming finals at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre featured Mellouli&#8217;s fellow Tunisian <strong>Ahmed Hafnaoui<\/strong> who won the 400 free from lane eight, prompting an outburst of emotion and unconfined joy.<\/p>\n<p>Hafnaoui described Mellouli as a &#8220;legend&#8221; and said he aspired to be like him, a legacy of the older man&#8217;s success in the pool since he claimed his first global medal with 400IM bronze at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope so,\u201d said Mellouli.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m very proud of him, words can\u2019t describe how proud I am of him. 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