Good performance by Moroccan athletes at Rieti meet

Moroccan athlete Brahim Boulami ranked second in the 3,000 m steeplechase held Sunday at the Italian Athletic meeting of Rieti part of the IAAF Grand Prix.

Boulami covered the distance in 8:17.05, behind Italian Alessandro Lambruschini who captured the race clocking 8:15.50. Third place went to Ramiro Moran of Spain.

In the women's 200 m, Moroccan Nazha Bedouane, (who won the 400 m hurdle race last Friday in Brussels), finished third with a 23.29 timing. The race was won by Russian sprinter Natalia Voronova while the 2nd place went to Bulgarian Natalya Dukhnova.

Algerian runner Noureddine Morcelli, former 1500 m world champ, won his favorite race at the Rieti meet, clocking 3:33.58. Second place went to another Algerian, Mouloud Abaoub followed by Kenyan Frederick Cheruiyot.

The 1500 world record, held by Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, was set during July in Rome at 3:26.