Qatari champions Moataz Barshim and Sufyan Al Bakali saved the face of the mother of the Arab Games at the 18th World Championships in Athletics in Eugene, USA.

As expected, Barshim and Al-Bakali awarded the Arabs with the precious metal in the first American edition in World Championship history when they retained their high jump title for the first time in a row for the third time in a row, a historic achievement in the competition. , and the second added to the Olympic world title in the 3000 m hurdles.

Algerian runner Jamal Sajjati won silver in the 800m on the eve of the end of the championship to repeat the result of the second draw in 1987 in Rome, when Somali Abdi Bell won gold in the 1500m, Moroccan Said Aouita won gold. in the 5000m and silver in the marathon from Djiboutian Ahmed Salah.

Arab yields have soared over the history of the tournament to 79 medals, including 32 golds, 24 silvers and 23 bronzes, but this time it was far from the peak of Arab brilliance in a world wedding, as was the case in Helsinki in 2005 with four golds and two silvers, then the 2003 version in Paris with four golds and one silver, and the 1995 Gothenburg version with three golds, silvers and two bronzes.

Barshim and Al-Bakali were disappointed in Ehab Abdel Rahman, the only Egyptian to be crowned at the World Championships in the silver javelin throw in Beijing in 2015. After scoring in the first round with a throw of 83.41m, he finished third in his group. , he contented himself with throwing 75.99 m in the final, failing to continue the competition between the top eight.

Barshim’s historic achievement

Al-Sagher continued to spread its wings and dispelled all the fears and doubts that arose before the tournament due to its absence from the competition, easily winning its third gold in a row.

The Olympic champion Tokyo, along with his Italian friend Gianmarco Tampere, who finished fourth, managed to achieve his achievement by breaking five consecutive hurdles on the first attempt, the last of which was 2.37m, ahead of South Korean Wu Sanhyuk (2.35m). .

He became the first athlete in his competition to retain the title three times in a row in an achievement he commented: “Winning (World High Jump Championships) for the third time has never happened before. To be honest, this is a great statistic for me.”

The second record holder in history (2.43 m), reached on September 5, 2014 in Belgium, two centimeters behind Cuban Javier Sotomayor, world record holder (2.45 m since July 27, 1993) added: “I always ask myself + How I want you to remember me?

– Unprecedented for a grocer –

El-Bakali added to the Olympic world title, ending Kenya’s dominance of the course.

And after what he did at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, when he became the first non-Kenyan sprinter to win the title since 1980, 26-year-old El-Bakali has once again confirmed that he is the “king” of the race, putting an end to dominance over him Kenyans for 15 years.

Al-Bakali finished the race in a time of 8:25.13 minutes ahead of his Olympic runner-up Lamesh Girma of Ethiopia (8:26.01 h) and Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto, reigning Doha 2019 champion (8:27.92). G).

Al-Bakali has managed to achieve what he has failed in his last two tournaments when he won silver in London in 2017 and bronze in Doha in 2019.

“My coronation today is about strong and continuous work for many years, after my coronation at the Olympics, I was determined to come to Eugene to win the world title, and I succeeded,” said El Bakali.

– Promising Algerian duo in 800m –

Algerian runners Djamel Sajjati and Slimane Moulay wowed everyone with their impressive 800m runs in Eugene, heralding two promising champions.

Their creativity culminated in a silver medal for Sajati, the racing champion at the Mediterranean Games, while experience betrayed the second after he yearned to lead the race from the very beginning, so he paid the price for final speed in the final meters and finished fifth.

Sajati expressed his joy at the medal: “I can’t find words to express my joy. This is a very great and irresistible joy. The Arabs represented us best.”

But he seemed to covet the gold. “I’m happy with silver because it’s the first world championship of my outdoor career. Silver is an achievement for me and I’m proud of it, but gold is better, especially today when I yearned for it because I felt at my best form.”

“God willing, I will continue and intensify my preparations for winning gold at the Paris Olympics,” he added.

– Buffy’s Disappointment –

The Bahraini runner-up Arab at the World Championships (13 medals, including 7 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes) became frustrated in her role and disappointed her up-and-coming star Winfried Motili Yaffe who gave up in the final 3000m of the run from obstacles.

She was the leader, winning at least a medal, if not gold, thanks to her best race time this year, but she fell short in the final meters.

“I was disappointed with this result, because I expected to be at least in the top three, but they were faster than me, and I was tired on the last lap and finished fourth,” Jaffe said.

Tunisian Marwa Busiani was no better than her and finished ninth in the race.