The Congratulatory Message from HM the King
Salé – The congratulatory message from HM King Mohammed VI is “a motivation to make more efforts and honor my country during major international events,” said, Saturday in Salé, the double Olympic and world champion in the 3,000 m steeplechase, Soufiane El Bakkali.
“This second Olympic victory at the Paris Olympics is a source of pride for me and the fruit of intense efforts and training,” El Bakkali said in a statement to the press upon his arrival at Rabat-Salé airport, expressing his joy at having offered a second consecutive Olympic medal to Morocco in the 3,000m steeplechase.
He explained that “the first Olympic medal won in Tokyo was an additional pressure to give the best of myself and surpass myself in Paris”, noting that the second Olympic victory in the French capital was the result of intense efforts despite the injury he contracted in mid-season and which disrupted his preparations for this international event.