Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz on Sunday congratulated swimmer Ahmed Akram, who made Egypt's best achievement in the history of swimming tournaments after finishing the fourth in the Men's 1500 m Freestyle final at the World Championship in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday.

Akram finished with 14:53.66, only 2.58 seconds behind third-placed Ryan Cochrane of Canada and 14 seconds off gold medal winner Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy.

The Egyptian swimmer also qualified to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Source: MENA