Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman will contest her second event at the current World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, when she participates in the Women 100m Freestyle event on Thursday.

On Sunday, the 24-year old Osman made her first appearnace at the prestigious tournament; ranking 17th in the heats of the women's 100m butterfly in 58.43 seconds.

Osman won Best Female Athlete from Africa at the ANOC Awards 2017 in Prague, a few months after she made national history by winning Egypt's first-ever medal at the World Championships in Budapest.

Farida won the bronze medal in the women's 50m butterfly final in Budapest in July after she achieved a time of 25.39s, claiming the country’s first-ever medal.

She also broke the African record for the event for the third time, topping her previous mark set at the semis by 0.25s.

Previous results:

In the 200m Medley, Mohamed Samy finished 5th of his heat 3 and 32nd in the overall heats ranking timing 2:02.57 minutes.

In the men's 50m breaststroke, Youssef El-Kamash finished 24th in the heats timing 27.62 seconds on Tuesday.

In the men's 800m freestyle, Marwan El-Kamash finished 26th in the heats timing 8:07.97 minutes on Tuesday.

In the men's 100m backstroke, Samy finished 39th in the overall heats ranking timing 55.87 seconds on Monday.

In the men's 50m butterfly, Abdel-Rahman Sameh qualified for the semifinals after finishing 15th in the heats timing 23.54 seconds on Sunday. Later on Sunday, he recorded 23.68 in the semis to finish at the 16th place.

In the men's 100m breaststroke, Youssef El-Kamash finished 31st in the heats timing 1:01.24 minutes on Sunday.

In the women's 100m butterfly, Farida Osman ranked 17th in the heats timing 58.43 seconds on Sunday.

In the men's 400m freestly, Marwan El-Kamash finished 23rd in the heats timing 3:52.21 minutes on Sunday.

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