Soufiane El Bakkali secures second place in Diamond League 3,000m steeplechase final at Silesia Meeting

El Bakkali, who holds the best performance of the year set in Rabat on May 31, 2026, completed the race in 8:04.61, behind Ethiopian winner Godana Gemechu 8:02.74. This marks El Bakkali's first defeat of the year in the Diamond League, having previously secured three victories in four 3,000m steeplechase races. Another Moroccan athlete, Ben Yazide Salah Eddine, achieved his best performance of the year, finishing third with a time of 8:05.08.

Other Moroccan participants, Tindouft Mohamed and El Mostafa Faid, placed tenth and fifteenth, respectively. In the men's 1,500 meters final, Moroccan athlete Essayi Anass finished eighth with a time of 3:31.91, in a race won by American athlete Strand Ethan 3:30.77. The Silesia Meeting, also known as the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, joined the Diamond League circuit in 2022 and serves as a crucial stage for athletes to earn points before the major European finals in Brussels and Zurich.