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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ugandan swimmer Atuhaire Ogola Ambala finished seventh in third of nine heats in the competitive 100m freestyle event held July 27 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan.<\/p>\n

The swimmer stayed with the crowd- posting a 25.44 split after the first 50m but slightly lost ground to finish the event with a time of 54.23 seconds.<\/p>\n

Ambala\u2019s pride will be hurt a bit as he was beaten by the heat\u2019s winner and Kenyan entrant Rosafio Danilo (52.54). Burundi\u2019s Belly-Cresus Ganira came eighth with 54.33.<\/p>\n

The Ugandan\u2019s personal best and entry time was the impressive 53.89 national record he made at the World Championships in Gwangju \u2013 South Korea in 2019 to earn a universality slot in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

But a lot has changed since as the world was hit by Covid-19 \u2013 a disease Ambala also had to battle three weeks to today\u2019s race \u2013 thereby disrupting his training and build-up competitions to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

D-Day in the pool. Ambala made his Olympic bow in the 100m freestyle Heat today. PHOTO\/FILE<\/p>\n

Prior to today, he had competed just once in almost two years \u2013 at the Cana Swim Camp held in South Africa, where he managed 54.59 in the finals.<\/p>\n

Ambala, however, came with some added pressure as no Ugandan had attempted the 100m free at the Olympics since female swimmer Supra Singhal managed 1:08.15 21 years ago at Sydney 2000.<\/p>\n

The last male swimmer to try it out was Daniel Mulumba (1:07.86) in 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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