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Moroccos new middle distance senasation Halima Hachlaf signs Proctor & Gamble Olympic sponsorship agreement towards London 2012. Hachlaf will be included in the marketing program and related advertising for the Tide and Ariel Brands.Halima Hachlaf is one of the leading runners on the 800m since 2 years with a personal best of 1:58.27min. Hachlaf began her international career at an early age, competing in the 800 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics when she was fourteen. At the 2004 World Junior Championships the following year, she recorded a personal best of 2:06.44 and reached the event final, finishing ninth. At the 2005 World Youth Championships she was fourth.
She reached the semi-finals of the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics and ran in 2007 a personal best of 2:02.60 at a meeting in Biberach, Germany – a mark which made her the third fastest junior woman that year. She won two medals at the 2007 African Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the silver in the 800 m and a bronze in the 1500 metres.
The 2009 season brought significant improvements for Hachlaf. She set a new best time of 2:00.91 for the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. She competed at her first global senior competition the following month, the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Hachlaf recorded the fifth fastest qualifying time in the heats stage, but she did not manage to finish the semi-finals, dropping out mid-race. She closed her year with an appearance at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, where she won another silver medal.
At the start of the outdoor season 2010 she scored an unexpected win over her compatriot Hasna Benhassi at the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in a personal best run of 2:00.63. A few days later she ran at the Golden Gala in Rome and had a significant victory over World Championship medallists Janeth Jepkosgei and Jenny Meadows. She comfortably won in a time of 1:58.40 at the Diamond League meeting, improving her best by over two seconds and scoring her first major win of her career.
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