Adil Kaouch () (born 1 January 1979) is a Moroccan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

. In 1998 he won the World Junior Championships over

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. The next year won a

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gold medal at the 1999 Pan Arab Games. At the

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and 2001 World Championships, he took the role of setting a fast early pace to pull his teammate

Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj (; ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only m ...

away to victory. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic he failed to advance from his heat in the 1500m, and

was eventually upset in a sprint finish by Kenyan

Noah Ngeny Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born 2 November 1978) is a Kenyan former athlete, Olympic gold medalist at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and world record holder in the 1000 m. He also ran the second-fastest mile ever. Career Noah was born in the ...

. At this race, another Moroccan runner Youssef Baba set the pace for El Guerrouj. At the 2004 Athens Olympic he finished 9th (3:38.26) at the 1500m final, where his compatriot

won the Olympics gold medal. At this race he did not run as a pacemaker for El Guerrouj, although he was expected to do so. In August 2005 he won a 1500 metres silver medal at the

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. In April 2006 he won the silver medal in the short race at the World Cross Country Championships, as well as a bronze medal in the team competition. Kaouch was suspended in August 2007 after failing a doping test.''Moroccan runner Kaouch suspended after failing doping test''
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