*SPOILER* Family of Olympic swimmer from Tunisia watch his race

[FelineOverlord]

😂

This is from yesterday but you may not have seen it.

This is delightful.

Turn up the volume and watch it to the end . . .

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Also, his reaction. 😊

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[tinrobot]

1. I love it when the underdogs win.

[Lochloosa]

2. Saw it. He swam a great race.

[FelineOverlord]

3. *SPOILER* Family of Olympic swimmer from Tunisia watch his race

Meanwhile, back in Tunisia . . .

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[leftieNanner]

4. From lane EIGHT!

That means that he was the slowest qualifier.

Brought me to tears.

[MiniMe]

9. That meant that the other swimmers couldn't see him

There is nothing wrong with that, but being in an outside lane could be an advantage. Good on him.

[leftieNanner]

11. There's a lot more wake pressure from swimming beside pool edge

That means he had to work even harder to accomplish that.

Stunning!

[MiniMe]

13. The 1 and 8 lanes are actually 1 lane in

The edge lanes are empty.

[leftieNanner]

14. Ah. I'm used to rec swimming with my children back in the day

I guess that means that at the Olympics they can afford to build bigger pools.



Thanks for the detail.

[MiniMe]

15. I only know because I've been watching the swimming for the last few days

And those lanes have been empty

[joshcryer]

5. Best thing about being in the outer lanes:

He gets to get out of the pool first, hehe.

Apparently the outer lanes are for people who qualify lower in the qualifiers, and he was one of the slowest times. The outerlanes produce far more wake pressure on the swimmer so this feat is more of an accomplishment.

He wanted this, and he pushed hard to get it. Much congrats to him. I wish him the best.

[3catwoman3]

6. You can almost hear his family screaming in joy...

…without the audio all the way from Tunisia. How exciting for all of them.

[GoCubsGo]

7. "Turn up the volume" only if you want to damage your hearing.

Or, can tolerate tons of high-pitched screeching. Chryste Almighty,

This actually happened on Saturday, so I'm not sure how a "SPOILER" is involved. Happy for him and his family, though.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Oh, I know! That screeching was like nails on a chalkboard. I had to turn

the sound off. I am very happy for him and his family, but could have done without the ear-splitting screams.

[MiniMe]

10. The screaming and the jumpiness of the video

I had a really hard time watching it too.

[malaise]

12. Serious question -

Did the coup in Tunisia take place before or after the race?