Sofiane El Bakkali won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Xiamen Forum in China on Saturday, clocking a time of 8 minutes, 10 seconds and 31 hundredths.
The world and Olympic champion, who has previously won 15 Diamond League meetings, was in control throughout the race and held off a late challenge from Ethiopia’s Girma Lamecha to take the victory.
El Bakkali said he was pleased with his performance and that he was targeting a sub-8 minute time in the future.