Athletics: Morocco's Benhassi wins at uk's Birmingham indoor meet

Morocco's Hasna Benhassi on Sunday won the women's 800 m race of the British indoor meeting of Birmingham.

The Moroccan clocked 1:59.86 ahead of Mozambique's veteran racer and Olympic champ Maria Mutula and British Joe Fenn.

Youssef Baba, another Moroccan athlete participating in the event, came in third in the 1500 m race, while his countryman, Abdelkader Hachlaf ranked 6th in the same race.

Two other Moroccans participated in the 800 m (male), namely Abdelkebir Louraibi who came in 5th and Mahjoub Haida who did not finish the race.