{"id":534599,"date":"2023-08-01T09:08:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534599"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:08:51","slug":"after-worlds-double-ahmed-hafnaoui-targeting-all-distance-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/after-worlds-double-ahmed-hafnaoui-targeting-all-distance-events\/","title":{"rendered":"After Worlds Double, Ahmed Hafnaoui Targeting \u2018All Distance Events\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Worlds Double, Ahmed Hafnaoui Targeting \u2018All Distance Events\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still not yet 21, the results that Ahmed Hafnaoui<\/strong> has collected in the last two years beg a question: Where does the Tunisian star see his distance prowess taking him?<\/p>\n

Given the medals that are piling up, including two World Aquatics Championships gold medals and a silver, Hafnaoui is in no rush to specialize.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now? All distance events,\u201d Hafnaoui said, of his favorite of the three in which he\u2019s starred internationally. \u201c\u2026 It depends on the results, but the results now are awesome. I\u2019m going to work for all the events, just trying to manage everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The results are awesome, to use as the technical term. Hafnaoui didn\u2019t fly under anyone\u2019s radar at Worlds in Fukuoka, not after sealing his place on the global scene as a relative unknown at the Tokyo Olympics by winning gold in the 400 freestyle from an outside lane.<\/p>\n