Moataz Barshim of Qatar and Sofiane El-Bakali of Morocco will be crowned as they compete in the final round of the high jump and 3000m hurdles respectively at the 18th World Championships in Athletics in Eugene, USA today.

Two stars Barshim and Al-Bakali are the Arabs’ hope for a podium finish given their control of their specialty and their easy run to the final, in addition to the fact that they both won the Olympic title in Tokyo. last summer.

Barshim seems much closer to retaining the world title for the third time in a row, as he has the second best ever record of 2.43 meters, which he reached on September 5, 2014 in Belgium, two centimeters behind Cuban Javier Sotomayor, world record holder (2.45 meters from 07/27/1993).

Barshim, 31, gave his opponents a stern warning as he led the qualifiers alongside South Korean trio Sanhyuk Wu, Canadian Django Lovett and Ukrainian Andriy Protsenko, noting that the Korean has done well this season.

For his part, Al-Bakali hopes to confirm his achievement last summer when he won the Olympic title in the 3000m hurdles and became the first non-Kenyan runner to win the title since 1980. participation is stable and adorned his neck with gold after he won silver in 2017 in London and was satisfied with bronze in Doha 2019.

Behavior / Donia Haddad