French runner throws down shocking 1,500m record at Paris Diamond League - Canadian Running Magazine
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The men's 1500m was the story of the Paria meet on Friday
Inspiring the culture of the sport of athletics with well prepared and thought-provoking content, that is written, podcast, video and images. © Copyright – 2025 – Athletics Illustrated “It’s incredible. I came with the goal of breaking the French record, maybe running 3:28. But with this crowd, I felt like I had wings.”Moroccan-born Frenchman Azzedine Habz won the men’s 1500 metre event in Paris on Friday. He clocked a massive personal best of 3…
World Leads, Records Fall at Paris Diamond League as Track Stars Shine - Trackalerts.com, track and field news website
PARIS, France (June 20) — A series of world-class performances highlighted the 2024 Meeting de Paris, as athletes delivered two world leads, four meeting records, and several area and national records at Stade Charléty before a capacity crowd of 19,000. See Paris Diamond League results here French middle-distance standout Azeddine Habz stole the spotlight with a national record and world lead of 3:27.49 in the non-Diamond League men’s 1500m. The…
On Friday, the tricolor half-founder dropped the old 1500m French record, whose previous record was held by Mehdi Baala since 2003.
Azzedine Habz hit hard this Friday at the Stade Charléty. Engaged on the 1500m of the Paris Meeting, the French stage of the Ligue de Diamant circuit, the native of Oulad Nacer has erased the reference on the distance of a legend of French athletics. Indeed, the member of the Val d'Europe Athleticism beat by almost a second and a half the French record held by Mehdi Baala since September 2003 after a race led on a big pace during which he almost…
French runner throws down shocking 1,500m record at Paris Diamond League - Canadian Running Magazine
France's Azeddine Habz won the men's 1,500m in 3:27.49—the sixth-fastest time in history The post French runner throws down shocking 1,500m record at Paris Diamond League appeared first on Canadian Running Magazine.


Only a few days after being dispossessed of the French record hopes by his young successor at the stadium of Hautepierre, Anas Lagtiy-Chaoudar (33)58, the Strasbourger Mehdi Baala also saw his legendary French record of the 1500 m in all categories, this Friday evening at the meeting Ligue de diamond de Paris.
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