Morocco’s Champion Soufiane El Bakkali Wins 2,000 M Steeplechase in Zagreb

Moroccan Olympic and world champion Soufiane El Bakkali won the 2,000m steeplechase of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting 2022 held Sunday in Zagreb, Croatia.

El Bakkali crossed the finish line in a time of 5:14.06. Italian athlete Leonardo Feletto ranked second clocking 5:23.15, while the third place went to Britain’s William Battershill (5:26.91).

The Moroccan champion, who ended Kenya’s reign over the 3,000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships, has started this year’s season with two Diamond League victories in Doha and Rabat (setting a world lead of 7:58.28 in the Moroccan meeting. He went on to win his first world title in Eugene (Oregon, U.S.) and his third Diamond League race in Lausanne in 8:02.45.