Athletics
The middle-distance runner of Moroccan origin seeks revenge in the 1,500 against the Kenyan Kipsang, who beat him two weeks ago in Birmingham
Mohamed Katir will cross the Strait this weekend to compete on Sunday in the fourth stage of the Diamond League in Rabat. The Muleño of Moroccan origin, who heads a Spanish delegation that also includes Mariano García, will seek revenge in the 1,500 meters against Kenyan Abel Kipsang, the only one who beat him two weeks ago in Birmingham by just half a second with a time of 3.35.15. Katir and Kipsang are the highlights of a race with another man who has broken the 3:30 barrier, Britain’s Jake Wightman, who opens the season.
Mariano Garcia, in the 800
The Fuente-Alamese Mariano García, indoor world champion, will appear in about 800 meters of vertigo with five Kenyans, including the first two in the last Tokyo 2020 Games: Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich. The list of participants, which also includes the 17-year-old teenager Emmanuel Wanyonyi, points to a fast race in which the athlete from Cuevas de Reyllo should improve after being last in Birmingham with 1.48.77.
Karsten Warholm, the best athlete in the world, opens the season in Morocco
The best athlete in the world is back. After almost nine months since his last competition on September 18. Norwegian Karsten Warholm is running again. He will do it on Sunday in Rabat, in the 400 meter hurdles, the test in which he achieved something Martian at the Tokyo Olympics, completing the lap of the track with jumps in 45.94 seconds, almost one second less than the world record American Kevin Young (46.76s), who had lasted 29 years intact for a reason. Warholm had already been able to break that record in the Oslo Diamond League, a few weeks before Tokyo.
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