Spanish-Moroccan Runner Katir Rebounds, Leads 5,000m Qualifiers at Olympics

The athlete of Moroccan origin has secured his place in the 5,000 meters final with the fastest time in his series. He tells Olympics.com: "I felt very good. Motivated, with anger, but above all, with lucidity." His tactic was to position himself at the back before accelerating in the last lap.

In this same series, eyes were also on Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning world champion in the 5,000 meters. Although he qualified, he only recorded the third best time. Still bitter about his silver medal in