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Tunisia’s Mellouli aims for one last medal in Rio
Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli poses in Tunis on Sunday, ahead of his departure to the United States to prepare for the Rio Olympic games.
Tunisia’s most decorated sportsman Oussama Mellouli will go the Olympics for the fifth time in Rio de Janeiro at the end of a roller coaster swimming career of gold medals and a drug ban.
A two-time gold medallist and the first African man to win an Olympic swimming gold, Mellouli, 32, said he is “calm” and “optimistic” that he can win one last medal.
“With the Olympics, I’m going to something I know well.
For the young ones, it will be different,” he said.
Tunisian swimmer oussama mellouli rio
“Eat, swim, sleep, repeat — that’s the rhythm of an athlete. You shouldn’t think of anything but that.”
After competing in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, Mellouli won the 1,500m title at the 2008 Beijing Games.
He made African history just three months a