Episode 1143
Bounthanom Vongphachanh
Sat, 2020-Jun-20 00:42 UTC
Length - 1:50
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The random article for Saturday, 20 June 2020 is Bounthanom Vongphachanh.
Bounthanom Vongphachanh (born November 9, 1980 in Vientiane, Laos) is a Laotian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Vongphachanh qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 28.45. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Malique Williams of Antigua and Barbuda. He posted a lifetime best of 28.17 to earn a third spot by a 1.42-second margin behind winner Anderson Bonabart of Micronesia. Vongphachanh failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-seventh overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.
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