Soufiane El Bakkali

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• Moroccan Soccer Star and Olympic Runner Test Positive for COVID-19
  22 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  Yassine Bounou, 29, goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team and Soufiane El Bakkali, 24, famous Moroccan athlete, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
  The Atlas Lions goalkeeper tested positive for Covid-19 upon his return from the national team on Thursday, the Andalusian club announced. Asymptomatic, Yassine is training at home.
  Soufiane, for his part, tested positive for the coronavirus after a test carried out on Thursday, November 19. On Saturday, the Moroccan middle-distance (…)

• Morocco’s El-Bakkali Ends Kenya’s 37-Year Olympic Steeplechase Reign
  3 August 2021, by Ginette

  After 37 years of dominance in the 3,000 m steeplechase, Morocco dethroned Kenya thanks to the prowess of Olympic runner Soufiane El-Bakkali. The Moroccan athlete won on Monday ahead of Ethiopian Lamecha Girma and Kenyan Benjamin Kigen.
  Monday, August 2nd will remain memorable for both Moroccans and Kenyans. The former for having put an end to a hegemony that has lasted since 1984, the latter for having lost their crown after 37 years of reign. Soufiane El-Bakkali won the 3000 m (…)

• Olympic Steeplechase Champion El Bakkali Skips World Indoor Athletics Championships
  16 March 2022, by Ginette

  Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bekkali will be absent from the indoor athletics world championships to be held from March 18 to 20 in Belgrade.
  Expected to compete in the 1,500m and 3,000m events, Soufiane El Bakkali is not among the athletes who will represent Morocco at the world championships, scheduled to take place in Belgrade, Serbia.
  In the absence of Soufiane El Bakkali, the 8 athletes who will defend Morocco’s colors are Abdellatif Sediki (800 meters-1500 meters), Mouad Zahafi (…)

• Olympic Champion El Bakkali Injured in Paris Diamond League Steeplechase Fall
  29 August 2021, by Ginette

  Having gone to Paris to confirm his supremacy in the 3000m steeplechase, the Moroccan Olympic champion returns with an injury. Soufiane El Bakkali took a fall during the race and collapsed, screaming in pain.
  The heavy fall of Soufiane El Bakkali occurred less than a minute after the start, depriving him of a medal in this Diamond League. It was on the very first hurdle that the Moroccan athlete stumbled and collapsed to the ground, holding his right thigh and crying out in pain.
  The (…)

• Olympic Champion El Bakkali Defends World Steeplechase Title in Budapest
  23 August 2023, by Sylvanus

  Soufiane El Bakkali won his second consecutive world title in the 3,000m steeplechase (8:03.53) on Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary. An exploit for the Olympic champion who a few months ago lamented the derisory bonuses awarded by the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA) to the best athletes.
  A new consecration for Soufiane El Bakkali. On Tuesday, the 27-year-old athlete retained his world title in the 3,000m steeplechase that he had won in Eugene in 2022, beating the world record (…)

• Moroccan El Bakkali Triumphs in Paris Diamond League Steeplechase Despite Injury
  26 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  A new victory for the World Vice-Champion of the steeplechase in London with a time of 8:06.64, despite his injury, ahead of Kenyan Benjamin Kigen (second) and Ethiopian Lemecha Girma (third). The verdict of the 3000m steeplechase event in Paris was very difficult for the Moroccan athlete, El Bakkali.
  With his many experiences, the 3000m specialist gave it his all to win this victory. Even the injury he sustained during the race was not a handicap for this challenge. He did not abandon the (…)

• Moroccan Steeplechase Star El Bakkali Sets Sights on Olympic Gold in Tokyo
  27 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Moroccan athlete, Soufiane El Bakkali, 2017 world vice-champion in the 3,000m steeplechase in London, is aiming for Olympic gold in Tokyo this year.
  The 3,000m steeplechase specialist wants to restore the luster of Moroccan athletics. To this end, the Moroccan athlete said on Tuesday in Casablanca that he is aiming for the gold medal at the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games.
  In his speech, during a press conference on the occasion of his selection among the athletes who will be supported by (…)

• Moroccan Runners Advance to Olympic 3,000m Steeplechase Final
  30 July 2021, by Ginette

  A glimmer of hope for the Moroccans competing in Tokyo. Athletes Soufiane El Bakkali and Mohamed Tindouft qualified, on Friday, for the final of the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympic Games.
  After the wave of elimination and disqualification, El Bakkali qualified by finishing first in the 3rd qualifying series in 8 minutes 19 seconds 00, ahead of Finn Topi Raitinen (8 minutes 19 seconds 17) and Frenchman Alexis Phelut (8 minutes 19 seconds 36).
  As for Tindouft, he snatched his ticket by (…)

• Olympic Champ El Bakkali Takes Second in Diamond League 3000m Steeplechase Final
  10 September 2021, by Ginette

  Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali will have to wait to confirm his supremacy in the 3,000m steeplechase. In the Diamond League final in Zurich, he finished in second place.
  Soufiane El Bakkali was unable to beat Kenyan Benjamin Kigen in the Diamond League final. He finished second in Zurich with (8:17.70) behind the Kenyan, who clocked (8:17.45).
  As for Mohamed Tindouft, he finished in last place (8:25.33). Benjamin Kigen, the bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games, therefore wins the (…)

• Olympic Champion El Bakkali Triumphs in Kenyan Steeplechase Showdown
  19 September 2021, by Ginette

  After putting an end to the Kenyan hegemony in the 3,000m steeplechase, Moroccan Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali has just won in the same category by going to beat the Kenyan athletes on their own facilities. It was this Saturday at the Kip Keino Classic meeting in Nairobi.
  A great revenge for the Moroccan athlete, Soufiane El Bakkali, who won the 3,000m steeplechase on Saturday at the Kip Keino Classic meeting in Nairobi. This makes up for the missed appointment in Paris and the (…)