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Ghana:  Girma in hospital …after fall as El Bakkali wins steeplechase

Ghana:  Girma in hospital …after fall as El Bakkali wins steeplechase

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Ghanaian Times
Published on 2024-08-09 08:38:50

MOROCCO’S 3,000m steeplechase king, Soufi­ane El Bakkali, showed his class to become the first man to defend an Olympic title in the event since 1936.

In a curious race, El Bakkali only hit the front for the first time com­ing into the home straight, just after his great rival Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma suffered a heavy fall that led to him being taken to hospital.

El Bakkali, who is also a two-time world…

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