Algeria’s Sedjati takes 800m silver at World Athletics Championships

Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati won a silver medal in the 800-meter final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Saturday night.

The 23-year-old finished in a time of 1:44.14 behind Kenya’s Emmanuel Kipkurui, who took gold with 1:43.71.

Marco Arop of Canada took bronze in a time of 1:44.28, while the only other Arab runner in the final, Algeria’s Slimane Moula, finished in fifth place.

The two Algerian athletes had reached the final after both winning their semifinal heats at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday.

Sedjati crossed the line first in heat two with a time of 1:45.44. France’s Gabriel Tual and Great Britain’s Daniel Rowden finished second and third, respectively.

Meanwhile, Moula won the third semifinal heat in a time of 1:44.89, with Arop and Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi in second and third, respectively.