EUGENE, United States, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali won gold in the men's 3,000m steeplechase at the athletics world championships here on Monday.
El Bakkali finished in eight minutes 25.13 seconds, 0.88 seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma, who also won silver at last year's Tokyo Olympics.
Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto took bronze with 8:27.92 seconds. ■
