Jason Edward Dunford, OGW, OLY, also known as Samaki Mkuu, is a Kenyan Olympic swimmer, media personality, rapper and entrepreneur. During his swimming career he was predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter winning gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reaching finals at the Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships. He also held African, Universiade and Olympic records. He has worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC, is a co-founder and adviser to software company, Safi and currently serves as the CEO of Baila Entertainment whilst performing as Samaki Mkuu, one half of the rap duo Romantico & Samaki Mkuu.
Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short course and long course 200-metre butterfly and the short course 100-metre butterfly. He also holds the African records and South African records in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, and the short course 100-metre freestyle. Formerly, he was a world record holder in the short course 100-metre butterfly and 200-metre butterfly.
Swimming has been part of African Games since its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
Ethiopia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation in Tokyo marked its fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having missed three occasions due to joining the African (1976), Soviet (1984), and North Korean (1988) boycotts. In the 2020 summer Olympics Ethiopia didn't have its best year. It had declined its former glory of 4 Olympic gold medals in the 2000 summer Olympics to just 1 Olympic gold medal in the 2020 summer Olympics. Because of this, the prime minister tweeted by saying he wasn't disappointed even winning a bronze. Showing how Ethiopia has a high standard of exceptions for the Olympics as no.1 winner for gold Olympic medals.
The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.
The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.
The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
