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Avinash Sable

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Avinash Sable (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds the national record of 8:11.20, set at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won the silver medal.[2] It was the ninth time he had set the national record.[3]

Naib Subedar
Avinash Sable
Avinash Sable - 3,000m steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (51352521594) (cropped).jpg
Sable at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAvinash Mukund Sable[1]
Born (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 29)
Mandwa, Beed district, Maharashtra, India
Military career
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
RankNaib Subedar - Naib Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg Naib Subedar
UnitMahar Regiment
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)8:11.20 NR (Birmingham, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 3000m steeplechase
Asian Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 3000m steeplechase
Updated on 13 August 2022.

Early life

Sable was born on 13 September 1994 in Mandwa, Beed district, Maharashtra, into a family of farmers. From age six, he would run or walk the 6 km (3.7 mi) distance between home and school as there was no transport facility in his village.[4][5] After completing 12th grade, he joined the 5 Mahar regiment of Indian Army, being posted at the Siachen Glacier in 2013–2014, deserts of north-western Rajasthan, followed by Sikkim from 2015.[6] He first took part in inter-army cross country running in 2015 at the insistence of his colleagues, before switching to steeplechase under trainer Amrish Kumar.[5][7] Sable, who was overweight, managed to lose 20 kg (44 lb) in three months, before joining the national camp where he was trained by Nikolai Snesarev. In 2018, Sable went back to coach Kumar as Snesarev's training routine did not "suit" him.[4]

Career

After failing to qualify for the 2018 Asian Games due to an ankle injury, Sable broke the 37-year-old national record of 8:30.88 held by Gopal Saini, by clocking 8:29.80 at the 2018 National Open Championships in Bhubaneswar. He set a new national record of 8:28.94 in March 2019 at the Federation Cup in Patiala,[8] as a result of which he qualified for the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships and 2019 World Athletics Championships.[9] He became the first male steeplechaser from India to qualify for the World Championships since Deena Ram (1991).[10]

Sable won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, his debut international event, with a timing of 8:30.19.[8] On 1 October 2019, he again broke his own national record at the World Championships where he ran 8:25.23 in the heats, despite twice being at the receiving end of Takele Nigate's accidental tripping during the race, to finish seventh in the heats and out of contention for the final.[11] However, after a successful appeal by the Athletics Federation of India, Sable was included in the final and became the first Indian to qualify for the 3000 metres steeplechase final at the World Championships.[12] He further improved the national record to 8:21.37 in the final, finishing 13th out of 16 runners,[13] and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14][15]

Sable set a new national record at the 2020 Delhi Half Marathon, completing the run in less than 61 minutes.[16][17]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sable placed seventh in the heats, setting a new national record to 8:18.12. He was the fastest non-qualifier across all heats.[18] In 2022, Sable set 2 further national records, first at the Indian Grand Prix (8:16.21), and then at the Meeting International Mohamed VI in Rabat (8:12.48), placing 5th (his highest Diamond League finish to date).[19][20]

Sable won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a new national record time of 8:11.20.[3] It was also the first time an athlete from outside Kenya had won a medal in men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games since 1994.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "3000m Steeplechase Men - Asian Athletics Championships" (PDF). aac2019.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Avinash Mukund SABLE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sable ends Kenyan steeplechase hegemony at CWG, wins silver medal". The Indian Express. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Koshie, Nihal (19 March 2019). "Federation Cup: Avinash Sable, a man for all seasons". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Siwach, Vinay (18 March 2019). "From Siachen to Worlds, soldier Avinash Sable completes incredible journey with national record". Scroll.in. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Swaminathan, Swaroop (19 March 2019). "Avinash Sable's long and winding road to worlds". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Selvaraj, Jonathan (29 September 2018). "Soldier turned steeplechaser, Avinash Sable targets Olympics after breaking 37-year-old national record". ESPN.in. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rajaraman, G. (22 April 2019). "Asian Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable shows maturity despite trepidation to bag silver on international debut". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Halder, Aditya K (19 March 2019). "Meteoric rise of Avinash Sable in Fed Cup". India Today. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  10. ↑ Aga, Oumar (13 September 2019). "Conquered Beed, survived Kargil, Army steeplechaser's Pune gold is 'world championship' practice run". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Summary". IAAF. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "IAAF World Championships: Avinash Sable included in Steeplechase final after India's successful appeal". India Today. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Result". IAAF. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Really happy after qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Avinash Sable after World Championship heroics". India Today. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "India's Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3000m steeplechase national record for second time". The Hindu. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Olympic-bound Avinash Sable sets new national record in Delhi half-marathon". India Today. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Airtel Delhi Half Marathon | Ethiopians Walelegn, Yehualaw win elite races with record times". The Hindu. 29 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Avinash Mukund SABLE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Indian Grand Prix - 2 « Athletics Federation of India".
  21. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022 athletics: India's Avinash Sable denies Kenya a steeplechase podium clean sweep for first time since 1994". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

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