By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
2025 World Championships
July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet Central How To Watch SwimSwam Preview Index Entry Book Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7While Pieter Coetze and Ahmed Jaouadi have been making history for South Africa and Tunisia over the course of the week, they are far from the first to do so for their nations. While each will have a chance to add that history tomorrow night, one swimmer made history just based on his presence as Mustafa Hashim became the first swimmer to represent Somalia at a World Aquatics Championships.
Hashim, just 15 years old, was born and raised in London and started swimming when he was 9. He currently trains at the 2012 Olympic Pool, a pool to which he had to walk to for Friday morning practices in 2023, as his mother’s car was stolen.
While walking in the early hours in a major city can be dangerous, it is nothing compared to the issues that led to his mother and extended family fleeing Somalia. The nation has been embroiled in civil war and conflict since the 1980s, and Hashim noted that his family has spread across the globe to nations like the USA, Switzerland, Kenya, and the UK, where his mother met his father, who is of Yemeni descent.
Hashim reached out to the Somali Federation on his own initiative and did not know that he would be allowed to compete for his mother’s home county until he got the go-ahead just two months before the competition. The 15-year-old competed in two events, placing 72nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.69) and 104th in the 100 free (1:05.01).
He stated that his participation in these World Championships has made his country eligible to apply for funding to build more swimming pools and potentially grow the sport in the nation. “I hope that for now, they can focus on the youth getting into swimming.”
Somalia faces more than just a lack of a 50-meter pool, however. According to the UN, the nation has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced persons in the world, with a total 0f 7.7 million people in 2022 estimated to require humanitarian assistance Also per the UN, the nation “ranks fourth lowest for gender equality globally, maternal and infant mortality rates are some of the highest in the world, and early marriage is prevalent. In such a situation, the growth of a sport that already has significant barriers to enter, is unlikely, however, Hashim is taking a more positive outlook on the situation and stated, “I believe my story can inspire others from underrepresented nations and show that athletes from any background with the right mindset can break through at the highest level.”
Hashim concluded by speaking a little about his future plans, stating,
“Hopefully by La 2028 I can go up against the much older athletes with a Fight I’ll have grown a lot more physically but from this meet I have gained a lot of experience and knowing what I want in the future as an athlete hopefully making it to semis in Budapest 2027 in 100 breast and also being able to prove my self as a young athlete in Beijing 2026… It never hurts to dream big!”
Other Day 6 Continental News
Pieter Coezte has carried on his impressive month of July into August as he broke the African record once again, this time in the 50 back. Coezte entered the meet with a PB of 24.36, but in the semifinals this evening he stopped the clock at 24.32, undercutting the supersuited record set by Gerhard Zandberg back in 2009 by .02. 1500 SCM World Champion Ahmed Jaouadi put himself into a good position to complete the distance double tomorrow night, after having already won the 800 free earlier in the meet. The Tunisian qualified 2nd in the final with a time of 14:44.95, just .14 back of the top seed Florian Wellbrock.Continental Medal Table
Gold Silver Bronze Total South Africa 1 1 1 3 Tunisia 1 1Continental Records
Men’s 100 Back: Pieter Coetze – 51.85 Men’s 200 Back: Pieter Coetze – 1:54.22 Men’s 50 Back: Pieter Coezte – 24.32National Records
Benin Alexis Kpade: Men’s 100 Back – 57.25 Cape Verde Shearer, Pina, Dacruz, Tati: Mixed Medley Relay – 4:32.16 Central African Republic Leo Nzimbi: Men’s 50 Free – 26.23 Democratic Republic of Congo Jehu Matondo Bosange Zozo: Men’s 50 Free – 28.15 Djibouti Houmed Barkat: Men’s 100 Free – 56.22 Ghana Joselle Mensah: Women’s 100 Free – 58.98 Guinea Elhadj N’Gnane Diallo: Men’s 50 Free – 26.13 Guinea-Bissau Pedro Rogery: Men’s 50 Free – 28.14 Kenya Haniel Kudwoli: Men’s 100 Breast– 1:04.92 Thorpe, Kudwoli, Nyoike, Mose: Mixed Medley Relay – 4:07.72 Libya Anas Ganedi: Men’s 100 Breast– 1:09.89 Anas Ganedi: Men’s 50 Breast– 31.14 Mauritania Camil Doua: Men’s 50 Free – 25.76 Mauritius Victor Ah Yong: Men’s 100 Fly – 55.76 Maldives Amna Thazkiyah Mirsaad: Women’s 100 Back – 1:13.49 Meral Ayn Latheef: Women’s 200 IM – 2:44.34 Mohamed Rihan Shiham: Men’s 200 Fly – 2:25.20 Mohamed Aan Hussain: Men’s 100 Free – 53.80 Mirsaad, Hussain, Shiham, Latheef: Mixed Medley Relay – 4:40.23 Mohamed Aan Hussain: Men’s 50 Free – 23.81 Morocco Samy Boutouil: Men’s 50 Breast – 27.78 Marwane Sebbata: Men’s 100 Free – 50.04 Imane El Barodi: Women’s 50 Fly – 27.47 Marwane Sebbata: Men’s 50 Free – 22.73 Mozambique Kaio Faftine: Men’s 200 IM – 2:10.48 Namibia Ronan Wantenaar: Men’s 50 Breast – 26.85 Nigeria Timipame-ere Akiayefa: Women’s 50 Fly – 28.21 Senegal Oumy Diop: Women’s 50 Back – 29.38 Oumy Diop: Women’s 50 Fly – 27.19 Seychelles Adam Moncherry: Men’s 50 Fly – 24.84 Adam Moncherry: Men’s 50 Free – 23.88 South Africa Pieter Coetze: Men’s 100 Back – 51.85 Pieter Coetze: Men’s 200 Back- 1:54.22 Erin Gallagher: Women’s 50 Fly – 25.39 Tanzania Collins Saliboko: Men’s 100 Free – 53.10 The Gambia Ousman Jobe: Men’s 50 Free – 26.72 Uganda Jesse Ssengonzi: Men’s 50 Fly – 24.32 Namutebi, Mukalazi, Ssengonzi, Muzito: Mixed Medley Relay – 4:07.72 Jesse Ssengonzi: Men’s 100 Fly – 53.32 Zambia Zach Moyo: Men’s 100 Breast – 1:05.64 Zach Moyo: Men’s 50 Breast – 29.04 Damien Shamambo: Men’s 50 Free – 23.42Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 Worlds, Day 7 Africa Recap: Mustafa Hashim Becomes 1st to Represent Somalia at Worlds
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