Rabat — Moroccan athlete Anass Essayi won the 3,000m event at the New York Indoor Athletics Meeting held last weekend.
Essayi won in 7min 41sec 93/100, ahead of the American Dan Shaffer (7min 43sec 47/100).
Third place went to the other American Casey Comber with a time of 7min 43sec 53/100.
With this victory, Anass Essayi has achieved the minimum allowing him to participate in the World Athletics Indoor Championships scheduled in 2025 in Nanjing, China.