Moroccan runners Sofiane El Bakkali and Mohamed Tindouft have qualified for the final of the 3000 meters steeplechase, during the first qualification of the Olympic Games, which are currently taking place in Paris, the French capital.
Moroccan Olympic champion Al-Bakali came in first place after completing the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 8 minutes, 17 seconds and 91 hundredths, thus securing him a place in the final round.
In turn, the Moroccan runner Mohamed Tindouft managed to occupy first place in the second qualifying race, achieving a time of 8 minutes 10 seconds 63 hundredths of a second.
Al-Bakali and Tendoft remain Morocco’s biggest hopes for an Olympic gold medal, having failed in most sports, including the Moroccan Olympic football team, which was beaten 2-1 by its Spanish counterpart on Monday.
Moroccans are expected to turn their attention to the evening of Wednesday, August 7, starting at 8:43 p.m. Moroccan time, to watch the final of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, a race in which El-Bakali has already won the Olympic gold medal.
The date of Sofiane El Bakkali and Mohamed Tindouft in the final of the 3000 meters steeplechase at the Paris Olympics and the broadcast channels
The race, Morocco time, broadcast channels, 3,000 meters steeplechase 20:43 BEIN SPORTS HD 1
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