Libyan swimmer Sofyan Elgidi
Elgidi is the only swimmer representing his country in Shanghai. Because of the turmoil in his country, the 19-year-old Elgidi has no coach or team manager with him and had to apply to compete in the worlds.
Elgidi finished in 58.38 seconds, more than six seconds behind the top qualifier for the semifinals, Tyler McGill of the United States. Elgidi ended up in 57th place out of 66 starters.
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