Mahiedine Mekhissi has achieved the best European performance of the season at 1500 m. The Franco-Algerian achieved a time of 3:33.12 at the Athletics Pro Tour of Nancy.
At a month to the World Championships in Moscow, the athlete prepares in the best way the world competition. The Frenchman dreams to break the European record in the 3,000 m steeplechase at the Stade de France in Saturday’s Areva meeting.
“This is a good time, this is my personal record, analyzed the double Olympic medalist in the 3,000 m steeplechase. This is the record of the meeting and this is encouraging for the rest of the season. I came to test my shape before the meeting of Saint-Denis. “
“I hope this will be the race of my life. I’ll try to run very fast and (why not?) Try to break records and pass the barrier of eight minutes. I purposely chose this date in Saint-Denis, to the French public to try to get into the closed circle of less than eight runners. “