The Tunisian swimmer, Oussama Mellouli (26 years old) won the golden medal of 1500 meters competition in the world’s championship which was organized from 15 to 19 December 2010 in Himdan ben Muhammad ben Rashid’s sports complex - Dubai - UAE.
At first, on December 17, 2010, he got a bronze medal in 200 meters freestyle competition with 1 minute and 42.02 seconds behind the American Ryan Lochte (1 minute and 41.08 seconds) and the Russian Daniela Izotova (1 minute and 41.70 seconds). A day later, he got another bronze medal in 400 meters freestyle competition with 3 minutes and 17.38 seconds with a difference of 1.11 seconds between him and the first Paul Biedermann (German). Yesterday (18 December 2010), he obtained a silver medal in 400 meters( x4) competition with a new African record which is 3 minutes and 57.40 seconds behind the American Ryan Lochte with a new global record (3 minutes and 55.50 seconds).
Today, 19 December 2010 (the final day), he finally won a golden medal in 1500 meters freestyle competition with 14 minutes 24.16 seconds.