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- ↑ "Pan Arab Junior Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- 1 2 Mustapha Lachaal at World Athletics
- ↑ "Pan Arab Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Moroccan Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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