World Athletics: Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali nominated for 2022 athlete of the year award

World Athletics: Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali nominated for 2022 athlete of the year award
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Thursday 13 October 2022 - 20:29

Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali has been nominated for the 2022 World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year award.

Announced on the World Athletics website, the list of nominees includes ten athletes, including the Moroccan world champion in the 3,000m steeplechase, winner of the Diamond League and who remained invincible this year, with the best World Performance of the season achieved at the Meeting International Mohammed VI (7min 58sec 28/100è).

According to World Athletics, this week marks the opening of voting for this year’s top athletes for the World Athletics Awards 2022.

The list of nominees is selected by an international panel of athletics experts representing the six continental zones of World Athletics.

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