Michelle Smith ninth in the preliminary swims with only the top eight advancing. Smith did not submit her qualifying time for the 400m freestyle event before the 5 July deadline but did so two days later with the Irish Olympic officials insisting they had been given permission to submit the qualifying time after the deadline. Smith applied for the event after she had arrived in Atlanta. After Smith qualified at the expense of Evans, the US Swimming Federation, supported by the German and Netherlands swimming teams, challenged a decision to allow Smith to compete but were unsuccessful. At a later conference, Evans
Sport in Algeria African Championship of Nations of Women's Judo and at the Olympic Games. Algeria's volleyball team qualified to the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. They have won titles in several international competitions in the past. Basketball is another important sport in Algeria; however, the country has won few international titles. Freestyle swimmer and African and Arabic champion Salim Iles competed in the 2004 Olympics. Another growing sport in Algeria is Rugby union. The Algeria national rugby team played their first official game on 18 December 2015 since the creation of the Algerian rugby federation.This historic match was played against the