Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali after the win in Doha / Photo credit: Diamond League AG

Kenyan Noah Kibet, the world indoor silver medallist, takes the men's 800m race in Doha / Photo credit: Diamond League AG

Diamond League 5000m champion Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi with the 3000m win in Doha / Photo credit: Diamond League AG

Kenya's Asbel Kipsang takes the men's 1500m win in Doha / Photo credit: Diamond League AG

Kendra Harrison edges Tobi Amusan to win 100m hurdles at the Wanda Diamond League in Doha / Photo credit: Christel Saneh

Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali and Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma in Doha

Slide to view the photos from the Ooredoo Doha Meeting, first leg of the Wanda Diamond League 2022, held on Friday 13 May 2022, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.

Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali opened his 2022 campaign with victory in a world-leading time ahead of Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma, who gave the Moroccan a run for his money.

Diamond League 5000m champion Francine Niyonsaba dictated the pace in the women’s 3000m, kicked away with half a lap left to win in a world-leading 8:37.70.

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