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Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bakkali was crowned world champion in the 3,000m steeplechase on Tuesday in the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, US.
The Moroccan Olympic champion brought Morocco its first medal in this year’s World Championships.
El Bakkali finished the race in 8 minutes 25 seconds and 13 milliseconds, surpassing Ethiopian Olympic runner-up Lamecha Girma (8:26.01) and Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto (8:27.92).
Girma and Kipruto had been his main rivals at the 2022 Doha Wanda Diamond League, where El Bakkali also won gold.
