Tunis: Swimmer Ahmed Jaouadi narrowly missed the Olympic podium in the 800m freestyle event at the Paris 2024 Games, ranking 4th after clocking 7:42.83 in Tuesday's final.The gold medal went to Irish Daniel Wiffen (7:38.19), narrowly edging out American Bobby Finke (7:38.75) and Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri (7:39.38).Jaouadi fell just short of his qualification time, when on Monday he finished top of the 3rd heat in 7:42.07 ahead of Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri (7:42.48) and American Bobby Finke (7:43.00).Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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