Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali is among the history books after successfully defending his title in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The 28-year-old, competing in just his second event this year, raced through the finish line in a time of 8:06.05 to become the first man since 1932 to defend a steeplechase Olympic title. El Bakkali’s consistency over the years is...
The 2024 Diamond League season kicked off in the Chinese city of Xianem on Saturday with the continent of Africa well represented in the global competition. World record holder Tobi Amusan was among the line-up of African stars in China while Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay and Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech set new world leading time in their respective events. Tobi Amusan: The Nigerian sprinter finished fifth in the...
Reigning Olympic champion and two-time gold medallist in the World Athletics Championships, Soufiane El Bakkali, expressed his profound delight at winning yet another gold medal and revealed he has always "dreamt of moments like this". The 27-year-old claimed his second consecutive world championship title in the men's 3,000-metre steeplechase on Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary, to defend the title he won in 2022 in Eugene. "Thankfully I'm...
It was another impressive Diamond League outing for African athletes in Lausanne on Friday with victories in a number of events at the Pontaise Stadium. Africa's fastest woman, Marie Josee Ta Lou set the pace with her commanding pace in the women's 100m event. Ta Lou clocked a time of 10.88 seconds to beat Daryll Neita and Gina Luckenkemper to second and third respectively. The 34-year-old...
It was a night for African athletics at the 2023 Paris Diamond League as Kenya's Faith Kipyegon and Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma set new world records in the women's 5000m and the men's 3000m steeplechase respectively. Exactly a week after setting a new world record in the women's 1500m in Florence, Kipyegon went to Paris to participate in a different but familiar event - the women's 5000m...
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