Oussama mellouli et son exploit 1500 m

Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won 1500m gold to stun double Olympic champion Australian Grant Hackett.

Hackett, who was going for his third successive 1500m gold in Beijing, led for much of the race before Mellouli staged a late charge with 200m to go.

Mellouli held on to win Tunisia's first ever Olympic swimming gold medal in a time of 14 minutes 40.84 seconds.

Swimming in his first meet since Barcelona, Mellouli captured two silver medals at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Dubai, in the 1,m and the.

Grant Hackett claimed gold ahead of Australian teammate Kieren Perkins in the m freestyle.

Mellouli won m gold at the Games, denying Grant Hackett a golden treble.

Among his idols growing up was Tunisian Olympic swimmer Oussama Mellouli, who won a gold medal at the meter event at the Beijing.

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Canadian Ryan Cochrane claimed the bronze with Britain's David Davies, who won bronze in Athens, finishing sixth.

Davies had high hopes of taking a medal in the Water Cube on Sunday, but was always off the pace in a gruelling race.

The 23-year-old Commonwealth Games champion admitted the pace had been too much for him, especially after a gruelling heat on Friday.

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