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Rabat DL: Yared Nuguse wins 1500, Max Burgin takes down Emmanuel Wanyonyi, El Bakkali wins as Frederik Ruppert breaks 8:00

Sunday was not a good day for world champions in the distance events at the Rabat Diamond League. There were four Diamond League distance races in Rabat, and the reigning world champion was beaten in all four of them. That included Yared Nuguse (3:30.35) notching his fifth career DL victory – a record for American men in the distance events – by holding off Portugal’s Isaac Nader (3:30.43) in a thrilling 1500, and Brit Max Burgin (1:42.98) earning a first career DL win by taking down Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:43.56) in the men’s 800.

As is tradition, the meet ended with the men’s steeplechase, where Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali won for the fifth consecutive year in 7:57.25, leading three men under 8:00 – tied for the most in a single race in history. Germany’s Frederik Ruppert took second in 7:57.80, becoming the first non-African-born man ever under 8:00, while Kenya’s Simon Koech also broke 8:00 for the first time, running 7:59.44 for 3rd.

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Nuguse wins fifth career Diamond League

Only three American men have ever won a Diamond League 1500/mile. Matthew Centrowitz never won one. Cole Hocker has yet to win one. Leo Manzano (2011), Jonah Koech (2025), and Yared Nuguse are the only guys who have done it.

But since his first year on the pro circuit in 2023, Nuguse has turned what used to be a rare occasion into a regular thing. Nuguse won twice in 2023 (London and Zurich), and once each in 2024 (Zurich) and 2025 (Silesia). Now he has a win in 2026 as well. That gives him five in total, which makes him the winningest American distance runner in the history of the Diamond League circuit – and one of just two American men to win more than once.

DL distance wins by American men

5 – Yared Nuguse
4 – Donavan Brazier
1 – 12 others tied

Nuguse’s victory in Rabat came in impressive fashion. With early leader Elliot Giles running out of steam, Nuguse took the lead with 600 to go and made a long, hard push to the finish to run the legs out of a field that featured two of last year’s three World Championship medalists. Nuguse ran his last 600 in 1:21.5, his last lap in 53.3, and his last 200 in 26.5, and while world champ Isaac Nader tried to run him down in the home straight, he ran out of room and had to settle for second in 3:30.43, just behind Nuguse’s 3:30.35.

This result says that I am back,” Nuguse told meet organizers. “I am back where I was right before. I really wanted to show up this outdoor season and win races, do really good. It was a really close finish. I knew they were there. I said to myself: don´t give up yet. Keep pushing, keep pushing. I did and the fall… it was worth it.”

Nuguse was not the only American to run well. Vincent Ciattei, who won the 1500 at the LA Track Fest last weekend, made the long trip to Rabat pay off as he ran a pb of 3:30.90 for 4th (previous pb: 3:31.67), his best career Diamond League finish at age 31.

Both Nuguse and Ciattei will now head to Sweden, where they will take on a red-hot Cam Myers in Stockholm a week from today.

El Bakkali delights home crowd as Ruppert breaks 8:00

Double Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali always tries to put on a show for the home fans in Morocco. Two of his three career sub-8:00s had come in Rabat’s Olympic Stadium – make that three of four after yet another win there on Sunday. El Bakkali was on world record pace through 1k (2:37) but would slow to a more reasonable 5:40 at 2k, during which he ceded the lead to Simon Koech. El Bakkali attacked at the bell, and Koech had no response. 

The only man who could answer was Germany’s Frederik Ruppert, who had run a patient race, allowing the lead trio to gap him midway through only to close the gap late. Ruppert, who was only fourth at the bell, could never draw level with El Bakkali but still ran an outstanding 7:57.80 for 2nd behind El Bakkali’s 7:57.25 – the fastest time in the world since Lamecha Girma’s 7:52.11 world record in 2023.

Ruppert’s time broke a barrier that several men had challenged over the past two decades, but none had been able to conquer. Of the 13 men in history before today who had broken 8:00 in the steeple, all 13 had been born in Africa: 10 in Kenya, two in Morocco, and one in Ethiopia.

France’s Bouabdellah Tahri ran 8:01.18 to take bronze at the 2009 Worlds in Berlin, and since that day 17 years ago, three other non-African-born men had run 8:00 or 8:01, including Ruppert’s 8:01 in Rabat last year. A couple of them came incredibly close to the barrier: France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad missed by just .10 in Monaco in 2013. Two years later, American Evan Jager looked set to run well under 8:00 in Paris before falling after barely clipping the last barrier. On Sunday, Ruppert finally became the one to break the barrier.

Fastest steeplers born outside of Africa

Athlete Country Time Date Location
Frederik Ruppert Germany 7:57.80 5/31/26 Paris
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France 8:00.09 7/6/13 Monaco
Evan Jager USA 8:00.45 7/4/15 Paris
Bouabdellah Tahri France 8:01.18 8/18/09 Berlin
Ryuji Miura Japan 8:03.43 7/11/25 Monaco

MB: Random German runs 7:57 steeple, to become the first non-African under 8??

Highlights from other events

Audrey Werro, the Diamond League champion and World Indoor silver medalist from Switzerland, dominated the women’s 800 with a wire-to-wire victory in 1:56.56, the fastest outdoor time in the world this year. Werro was on the rabbit from the start while her biggest competition, Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma and world champion Lilian Odira, showed little urgency despite a 12-woman field, running 9th and 10th, respectively, at the bell. Both would move up over the second 400, but with both having to run extra distance (especially Odira, who ran most of both turns in lane 2), neither could close down Werro, who powered away to victory as Duguma (2nd in 1:57.24) and Odira (3rd in 1:57.27) were the best of the rest.

American Sage Hurta-Klecker was 8th in 1:58.18, her fastest time ever in May (she didn’t run in the 1:58s until July 12th last year),  while World Indoor bronze medalist Addy Wiley had a rough day and finished last in 2:00.19.

The men’s 800 proceeded in similar fashion to the women’s, as Great Britain’s Max Burgin took control of the race at the bell and opened up a gap that no one could close. World champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi tried to reel Burgin in late but never really got close and had to settle for second in 1:43.56 as Burgin won in 1:42.98. American Donavan Brazier ran a second faster than he did in last week’s disappointing showing at the LA Track Fest, moving up four places in the home straight to finish 5th in 1:44.03.

Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu, 6th at last year’s World Championships, dominated the non-DL women’s 1500, winning in 3:58.25, as her countrywoman Haregeweyni Kalayu, who only turned 17 on Friday, was 2nd in a two-second pb of 3:59.28.

In the women’s 400 hurdles, World Championship bronze medalist Emma Zapletalova of Slovakia showed she wants to be #1 in the event with Femke Bol and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone out. She opened her outdoor campaign with a big win and pb of 52.82 (previous pb of 53.00) as the Olympic silver medallist Anna Cockrell took second in 53.18.

2025 US champ Jacory Patterson champ won the loaded men’s 400m in a meet record time of 44.14 as Olympic silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith was second in 44.25 and Olympic champion Quincy Hall last in 45.54. The only silver lining for Hall, who was racing for the first time in almost a year, is that he started last season even slower (45.99) but historically has gained fitness as the season goes on.

2025 Worlds silver medalists Kenny Bednarek (19.69 in the 200) and Tina Clayton (10.85 in the 100) dominated their specialties while American Cambrea Sturgis won the 200 in 22.21.

In the field, American Joe Kovacs had the standout performance of the day, throwing a world-leading 22.58m to win the shot put, almost a full meter ahead of runner-up Ryan Crouser.

We have compiled full results for the meet and posted them below (keep scrolling). If you want full field series, go here.

For more analysis of Rabat, check out LetsRun.com’s post-meet recap show. You can also get the episode on demand as podcast by joining the LetsRun.com Supporters Club.

 

Diamond Discipline – GW

Men’s 200 Metres (Final, Wind: +0.4)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Kenneth BEDNAREK USA 19.69
2. Letsile TEBOGO BOT 19.96
3. Sinesipho DAMBILE RSA 20.03
4. Cheickna TRAORE CIV 20.15
5. Andre DE GRASSE CAN 20.16
6. Yassine HSSINE MAR 20.18
7. Courtney LINDSEY USA 20.21
8. Aaron BROWN CAN 20.30
9. Bryan LEVELL JAM 20.44

Men’s 400 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Jacory PATTERSON USA 44.11
2. Matthew HUDSON-SMITH GBR 44.25
3. Khaleb MCRAE USA 44.40
4. Zakithi NENE RSA 44.41
5. Bayapo NDORI BOT 44.68
6. Attila MOLNÁR HUN 44.73
7. Mohamed Yassine ZERHOUMI MAR 45.44
8. Quincy HALL USA 45.54

Men’s 800 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Max BURGIN GBR 1:42.98
2. Emmanuel WANYONYI KEN 1:43.56
3. Slimane MOULA ALG 1:43.73
4. Gabriel TUAL FRA 1:44.03
5. Donavan BRAZIER USA 1:44.03
6. Eliott CRESTAN DEL 1:44.08
7. Kethobogile HAINGURA BOT 1:44.21
8. Yanis MEZIANE FRA 1:44.38
9. Francesco PERNICI ITA 1:44.40
10. Abdelati EL GUESSE MAR 1:44.62
11. Mark ENGLISH IRL 1:45.00
12. Imad BOUCHAJDA MAR 1:45.15
Patryk SIERADZKI POL DNF

Men’s 1500 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Yared NUGUSE USA 3:30.35
2. Isaac NADER POR 3:30.43
3. Azeddine HABZ FRA 3:30.68
4. Vincent CIATTEI USA 3:30.90
5. Tshepo TSHITE RSA 3:31.53
6. Andrew COSCORAN IRL 3:31.65
7. Reynold CHERUIYOT KEN 3:32.00
8. Fouad MESSAOUDI MAR 3:32.11
9. Anass ESSAYI MAR 3:32.23
10. Flavien SZOT FRA 3:32.24
11. Ruben VERHEYDEN BEL 3:32.38
12. Narve Gilje NORDÅS NOR 3:33.45
13. Festus LAGAT KEN 3:33.66
14. José Carlos PINTO POR 3:33.94
15. Elliot GILES GBR 3:42.41
Mounir AKBACHE FRA DNF
Samuel PIHLSTRÖM SWE DNF
Žan RUDOLF SLO DNF

Men’s 3000 Metres Steeplechase (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Soufiane EL BAKKALI MAR 7:57.25
2. Frederik RUPPERT GER 7:57.80
3. Simon Kiprop KOECH KEN 7:59.44
4. Edmund SEREM KEN 8:01.61
5. Matthew WILKINSON USA 8:09.56
6. Salah Eddine BEN YAZIDE MAR 8:10.64
7. Mohamed TINDOUFT MAR 8:10.77
8. Daniel ARCE ESP 8:11.42
9. Faid EL MOSTAFA MAR 8:11.64
10. Nicolas-Marie DARU FRA 8:11.81
11. Abraham KIBIWOT KEN 8:12.39
12. Samuel FIREWU ETH 8:12.55
13. Geordie BEAMISH NZL 8:16.80
14. Baptiste FOURMONT FRA 8:18.46
15. Djilali BEDRANI FRA 8:28.03
16. Mohamed Amin JHINAOUI TUN 8:32.18
Abderrafia BOUASSEL MAR DNF
Nahuel CARABAÑA AND DNF
Alexis MIELLET FRA DNF

Men’s Shot Put (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Joe KOVACS USA 22.58
2. Ryan CROUSER USA 21.59
3. Jordan GEIST USA 21.56
4. Roger STEEN USA 21.52
5. Leonardo FABBRI ITA 21.42
6. Tom WALSH NZL 21.24
7. Rajindra CAMPBELL JAM 21.04
8. Adrian PIPERI USA 20.98
9. Wictor PETERSSON SWE 20.39

Men’s Javelin Throw (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Anderson PETERS GRN 86.08
2. Rumesh Tharanga PATHIRAGE SRI 85.97
3. Keshorn WALCOTT TTO 82.52
4. Thomas RÖHLER GER 81.61
5. Julius YEGO KEN 80.59
6. Curtis THOMPSON USA 77.88
7. Jakub VADLEJCH CZE 77.75
8. Dawid WEGNER POL 71.18
Jakub KUBÍNEC SVK NM

Women’s 100 Metres (Final, Wind: +0.3)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Tina CLAYTON JAM 10.85
2. Lavanya WILLIAMS JAM 10.95
3. Jonielle SMITH JAM 11.00
4. Patrizia VAN DER WEKEN LUX 11.08
5. Mckenzie LONG USA 11.19
6. Torrie LEWIS AUS 11.20
7. Zaynab DOSSO ITA 11.25
8. Delphine NKANSA BEL 11.34
9. Ajla DEL PONTE SUI 11.40

Women’s 200 Metres (Final, Wind: +1.3)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Cambrea STURGIS USA 22.21
2. Kayla WHITE USA 22.28
3. Audrey LEDUC CAN 22.41
4. Shaunae MILLER-UIBO BAH 22.42
5. Mckenzie LONG USA 22.43
6. Torrie LEWIS AUS 22.78
7. Léonie POINTET SUI 22.85
8. Ajla DEL PONTE SUI 23.99

Women’s 800 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Audrey WERRO SUI 1:56.56
2. Tsige DUGUMA ETH 1:57.24
3. Lilian ODIRA KEN 1:57.27
4. Oratile NOWE BOT 1:57.32
5. Anaïs BOURGOIN FRA 1:57.39
6. Prudence SEKGODISO RSA 1:57.41
7. Sarah BILLINGS AUS 1:57.61
8. Sage HURTA-KLECKER USA 1:58.18
9. Eloisa COIRO ITA 1:58.42
10. Souad ELHADDAD MAR 1:58.51
11. Nigist GETACHEW ETH 1:58.58
12. Addison WILEY USA 2:00.19
Anna GRYC POL DNF

Women’s 400 Metres Hurdles (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Emma ZAPLETALOVÁ SVK 52.82
2. Anna COCKRELL USA 53.18
3. Rushell CLAYTON JAM 53.75
4. Gianna WOODRUFF PAN 54.08
5. Amalie IUEL NOR 54.35
6. Savannah SUTHERLAND CAN 54.91
7. Ayomide FOLORUNSO ITA 55.25
8. Andrenette KNIGHT JAM 55.37

Women’s High Jump (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Yaroslava MAHUCHIKH UKR 1.97
2. Eleanor PATTERSON AUS 1.94
3. Angelina TOPIĆ SRB 1.94
4. Yuliia LEVCHENKO UKR 1.91
5. Lamara DISTIN JAM 1.91
6. Charity HUFNAGEL USA 1.91
7. Elena KULICHENKO CYP 1.87
8. Maria ŻODZIK POL 1.83
9. Vashti CUNNINGHAM USA 1.83
10. Imke ONNEN GER 1.78

Women’s Pole Vault (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Nina KENNEDY AUS 4.80
2. Imogen AYRIS NZL 4.70
3. Katie MOON USA 4.70
3. Angelica MOSER SUI 4.70
5. Emily GROVE USA 4.60
5. Olivia MCTAGGART NZL 4.60
7. Molly CAUDERY GBR 4.60
8. Tina ŠUTEJ SLO 4.45
9. Sandi MORRIS USA 4.45
10. Marie-Julie BONNIN FRA 4.45

Women’s Discus Throw (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Valarie SION USA 68.75
2. Jorinde VAN KLINKEN NED 66.72
3. Laulauga TAUSAGA USA 65.94
4. Cierra JACKSON USA 65.79
5. Bin FENG CHN 64.51
6. Jayden ULRICH USA 63.48
7. Shanice CRAFT GER 62.59
8. Liliana CÁ POR 61.86
9. Marike STEINACKER GER 61.84
10. Erika BEISTLE USA 61.59
11. Vanessa KAMGA SWE 59.78

Promotional Events – A

Women’s 1500 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Freweyni HAILU ETH 3:58.25
2. Haregeweyni KALAYU ETH 3:59.28
3. Agathe GUILLEMOT FRA 3:59.60
4. Patricia SILVA POR 4:00.40
5. Laura MUIR GBR 4:00.77
6. Lucia STAFFORD CAN 4:00.83
7. Likina AMEBAW ETH 4:01.56
8. Aster ARERI ETH 4:01.70
9. Salomé AFONSO POR 4:01.84
10. Nancy JEPNGETICH KEN 4:03.90
11. Caren CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 4:03.91
12. Yordanos TSEGAB ETH 4:03.99
13. Nelly JEPKOSGEI BRN 4:04.57
14. Bérénice CLEYET-MERLE FRA 4:04.76
15. Soukaina HAJJI MAR 4:04.79
16. Samrawit MULUGETA ETH 4:08.81
Amina MAATOUG NED DNF

Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles (Final, Wind: +1.2)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Tobi AMUSAN NGR 12.28
2. Devynne CHARLTON BAH 12.40
3. Nadine VISSER NED 12.47
4. Marione FOURIE RSA 12.62
5. Kendra HARRISON USA 12.65
6. Ditaji KAMBUNDJI SUI 12.66
7. Sacha ALESSANDRINI FRA 12.70
8. Alaysha JOHNSON USA 12.71
9. Kerrica HILL JAM 12.71

National Events – F

Men’s 200 Metres (Final, Wind: +0.3)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Ayman EL HADDAOUI MAR 21.08
2. Mohamed LAMETI MAR 21.21
3. Adam FOURAR MAR 21.31
4. Saad FATOUHI MAR 21.59
5. Said ABERCHIH MAR 21.60
6. Walid JABRI MAR 21.77
7. Otmane MAHIEDDINE MAR 21.84
8. Mohammed EDRAOUI MAR 21.97
9. Oussama KHALI MAR 22.51

Men’s 400 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Ismail MANYANI MAR 46.03
2. Walid EL BOUSSIRI MAR 46.46
3. Adnane SAHMOUDI MAR 46.58
4. Rachid MHAMDI MAR 46.67
5. Adam NAMAR MAR 46.81
6. Elmehdi DIMOUKRATI MAR 47.70
7. Aimrane BINTAOUI MAR 47.91
8. Moussa BANOUR MAR 48.05
9. Lotfi Adam EL MELIANI MAR 48.17

Men’s 800 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Marouane ENNADI MAR 1:47.06
2. Abdellah MOUZLIB MAR 1:47.77
3. Soufiane ZRAIDI MAR 1:48.81
4. Faical AGOUR MAR 1:49.13
5. Hassan BEN HACHIMI MAR 1:49.16
6. Othmane ELBARKAOUI MAR 1:49.73
7. Hassan BOUAZAOUI MAR 1:49.93
8. Aziz HAITI MAR 1:51.03
9. Rayan SAHRAOUI MAR 1:51.75
10. Saad HAJJAR MAR 1:51.91
11. Hamza EL MANDILI MAR 1:51.94
12. Youssef EL FASSI MAR 1:52.35
13. Mohcine OUAISSA MAR 1:52.64
14. Marouane KHRIBACH MAR 1:52.78
15. Ayoub MOUTAWAQQIL MAR 1:52.96
16. Hicham TARFAOUI MAR 1:53.30
17. Amr ECHCHAB MAR 1:53.77
18. Taha KHACHANI MAR 1:54.62
Oussama FAGRACH MAR DNF

Men’s 1500 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Abdelhafed AHAJRI MAR 3:40.30
2. Mohammed ELMOUSSALIT MAR 3:40.83
3. Ahmed MANTIQ MAR 3:41.87
4. Mohammed EZZAOUYAH MAR 3:43.40
5. Osama ER REDOUANI MAR 3:43.40
6. Bilal RAGGAD MAR 3:43.55
7. Mustapha BERIDI MAR 3:44.27
8. Mohammed Amine EDMARY MAR 3:45.10
9. Abdelwahed AACHOUR MAR 3:45.68
10. Abdelhakam BOUHOU MAR 3:47.42
11. Hatim AALIL MAR 3:48.08
12. Ayoub SERRAKH MAR 3:48.19
13. Mahfoud BELLAL MAR 3:49.36
14. Mohammed EL MOBARAKY MAR 3:54.37
15. Omar JABRANE MAR 3:58.40
Hicham AKANKAM MAR DNF
Mohamed EL TALHAOUI MAR DNF
Reda OUAZZAOUIT MAR DNF

Women’s 200 Metres (Final, Wind: +0.3)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Sara EL HACHIMI MAR 23.47
2. Salma LEHLALI MAR 23.69
3. Houda NOUIRI MAR 24.01
4. Kaltoum EL BARBOUCHI MAR 24.47
5. Loubna HOUSAINI MAR 24.65
6. Imane MEFHOUL MAR 24.78
7. Halima EL BARBOUCHI MAR 25.06
8. Fatima EL HAOUKALI MAR 25.11

Women’s 800 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Lamyae ABBASSI MAR 2:06.84
2. Khadija ELMOSTAQIM MAR 2:09.89
3. Ahlam BARGHOUT MAR 2:10.25
4. Khadija BENKASSEM MAR 2:10.82
5. Wissal AZZABA MAR 2:11.08
6. Meryem EL BARODI MAR 2:12.88
7. Hadda SABIRI MAR 2:13.49
8. Meryem ELMOUTACHARRAF MAR 2:13.75
9. Hasnaa ESSADIK MAR 2:14.95
10. Rajaa NAOUI MAR 2:15.16
11. Maryam SOFI MAR 2:16.80
12. Kawthar EL MHAJJAR MAR 2:17.46
13. Marwa OUASS MAR 2:17.80
14. Imane EL BOUZY MAR 2:18.43

Women’s 1500 Metres (Final)

Place Name Country Mark
1. Saida EL-BOUZY MAR 4:16.23
2. Fatima Ezzahra BIRDAHA MAR 4:16.90
3. Assia NOURI MAR 4:19.44
4. Sara ZOUHAIR MAR 4:21.87
5. Oumaima CHIHAB MAR 4:23.01
6. Housna IBNABDEL-MATEY MAR 4:24.34
7. Ahlam EL KADDOURI MAR 4:25.05
8. Chaimae ZAHIRI MAR 4:26.88
9. Khaddouj EL BALI MAR 4:28.74
10. Saida HABIB MAR 4:31.50
11. Douae ELALAMI MAR 4:32.58
12. Salma KASSIMI MAR 4:33.06
13. Sara DAHROUCH MAR 4:36.95
14. Wissam ELBALDI MAR 4:42.86
Asmaa BASSOU MAR DNF
Marwa BENCHRIFA MAR DNF

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