Al-Mulula win the first gold in Arabic Beijing Olympics

Progress Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli first gold medal in the Arab Beijing Olympics when they won the 1500 meters freestyle race after strong competition with Australian Grant Hackett, who holds a world record holder and Olympic gold and this race in two sessions of the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. And spare Al-Mulula race distance in 14 minutes and 40.84 seconds, more than about six seconds at the world record recorded in the name of Hackett in 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan. After 700 meters of the race was Al-Mulula swings between the two V, VI, began to move forward gradually wrested the lead until after 1100 meters. Al-Mulula uprising and avoid a late Hackett to interrupt the last lap in 28.45 seconds a lap faster him throughout the race, which ensured him maintain the lead and win the gold medal. The development of this victory and his Al-Mulula Tunisia in the list of medals in Beijing note that the first gold medal obtained an Arab athlete in the Olympic Games this year. The only record of the Arabs so far three medals in judo silver at the Algerian Amar Ben succeeds and the bronze to citizens of mourning and the bronze to Egyptian Hesham Mesbah. The sports arbitration court imposed a suspended sentence for 18 months on Al-Mulula (24 years) after having fallen in Achentbar of amphetamine underwent an international championship in the United States in November 2006. The International Federation of the pool discovered in the fall of Al-Mulula testing and sustainment Tunisian Union warnings only as advocates to resort to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to impose strict punishment on the Tunisian swimmer. The inventory of Al-Mulula gold medal had been achieved in a race in the 800 meters freestyle world championships in Melbourne, Australia in March 2007 in addition to the silver medal obtained in the 400 meters freestyle race. The Al-Mulula has scored in the gold race 400 meters individual in a diverse world championship pool in the short basins in 2004.