Tunisian runner Marva Busiani aims to follow in the footsteps of her compatriot Habiba Laghribi as she competes in the 3000m hurdles final at the 18th World Championships in Athletics in Eugene, USA.
The 25-year-old Pozzani suffered greatly in qualifying, finishing third in her group with a personal best of 9.12:14 minutes, the third-best result in the three group qualifications.
True, Busiani emphasized the difficulty of the task in the final, as it was in the semi-final, noting that her goal is to improve her personal number again, but did not hide the hope of climbing the podium.
“I’m aiming to improve my personal number again and be in the top eight…” before saying, “Why not get a medal like a stranger?” Regarding her compatriot Khabiba, who introduced herself as a woman in the 3000 meters steeplechase at the World Championships.
Lagaribi won gold in the 2011 South Korean edition of Daegu and silver in the 2015 Beijing edition, raising her country’s World Championship record to three medals after Hatem Gula won bronze in the 20 km walk in Osaka. 2007.
The star of the Al Hilal Sports Club in Regeba, one of the biggest clubs in Tunisia and the creator of most Tunisian champions in the games, added: “To my stranger, she is an inspiration for Tunisian athletes. constant contact with her and she is one of my biggest fans and one of my biggest fans.”
By reaching the final in Eugene, Busiani achieved the goal she had failed at the Tokyo Olympics when she placed fifth in the Group A qualifying tournament and came out empty-handed.
– The ultimate goal of the “Paris Olympics” –
At the time, she was optimistic that things would get better next: “I am completely satisfied with my participation in the Tokyo Olympics and I see that my appearance has reached a good level despite the difficult circumstance that accompanied me and everyone in the light of the outbreak. Corona virus, especially in the absence of tension and international involvement.”
This year, she won silver at the Mediterranean Games in the Algerian city of Oran, two weeks before the World Championships, and deservedly booked her ticket to the World Cup final.
She said: “I am very happy that I made it to the final round and set a personal record that I did not expect at all. This is a very good result.”
Busiani, her country’s only female representative at the tournament, expressed her hope that the glow of the World Cup will open for her “the door of glory and friction in major international matches such as the Diamond League” with the aim of achieving her “highest goal: the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024″. year.”
She owes much of her brilliance to her young coach Yasin Barkuki, who managed to perfect her talent and create the personality of the heroine Marva Busiani, as he led her training for many years and accompanied her to all competitions and training camps, and the goal of everyone became the goal of Marva. Success at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Boziani faces tough competition from Ugandan Birut Shimotai, winner of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, and American runner-up Courtney Frericks, as well as American Emma Coburn, world runner-up at the last Doha 2019 Olympics, and Mikidis Abebe from Ethiopia. fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, along with the second representative of the Arabs in the Bahraini final, Winfried Motel Jaffe, who has the best time in the race this year (8.56:55 minutes), achieved it in Paris on June 18.
Source: El Iktisad