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'''Avinash Sable''' (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian athlete who specializes in [[3000 metres steeplechase]] and holds the national record of 8:18.21 set at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 5, 2019|title=Avinash qualifies for Olympics after smashing 3,000m steeplechase national record for second time|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/world-athlectics-championships-avinash-sable-qualifes-2020-tokro-olympics-steeplechase-1606427-2019-10-05|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 5, 2019|title=Really happy after qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Avinash Sable after World Championship heroics|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/worked-hard-avinash-sable-3000m-steeplechase-tokyo-2020-olympics-doha-1606552-2019-10-05|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avinash Mukund SABLE {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/avinash-mukund-sable-14778911 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> It was the ninth time he had set the national record.<ref name="ninth"/>


==Early life==
==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 {{cvt|6|km}} distance between home and school as there was no transport facility in his village.<ref name=indexp>{{cite news |last1=Koshie |first1=Nihal |title=Federation Cup: Avinash Sable, a man for all seasons |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/federation-cup-avinash-sable-a-man-for-all-seasons-5632900/ |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=scroll/> After completing 12th grade, he joined the [[Mahar Regiment|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaminathan |first1=Swaroop |title=Avinash Sable's long and winding road to worlds |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/mar/19/avinash-sables-long-and-winding-road-to-worlds-1952915.html |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=19 March 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name=scroll>{{cite news |last1=Siwach |first1=Vinay |title=From Siachen to Worlds, soldier Avinash Sable completes incredible journey with national record |url=https://scroll.in/field/917089/from-siachen-to-worlds-soldier-avinash-sable-completes-incredible-journey-with-national-record |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=18 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Soldier turned steeplechaser, Avinash Sable targets Olympics after breaking 37-year-old national record |url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/24832197/soldier-turned-steeplechaser-avinash-sable-targets-olympics-breaking-37-year-old-national-record |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=ESPN.in |date=29 September 2018}}</ref> Sable, who was overweight, managed to lose {{cvt|20|kg}} 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.<ref name=indexp/>
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 {{cvt|6|km}} distance between home and school as there was no transport facility in his village.<ref name=indexp>{{cite news |last1=Koshie |first1=Nihal |title=Federation Cup: Avinash Sable, a man for all seasons |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/federation-cup-avinash-sable-a-man-for-all-seasons-5632900/ |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=scroll/> After completing 12th grade, he joined the [[Mahar Regiment|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaminathan |first1=Swaroop |title=Avinash Sable's long and winding road to worlds |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/mar/19/avinash-sables-long-and-winding-road-to-worlds-1952915.html |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=19 March 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=scroll>{{cite news |last1=Siwach |first1=Vinay |title=From Siachen to Worlds, soldier Avinash Sable completes incredible journey with national record |url=https://scroll.in/field/917089/from-siachen-to-worlds-soldier-avinash-sable-completes-incredible-journey-with-national-record |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Soldier turned steeplechaser, Avinash Sable targets Olympics after breaking 37-year-old national record |url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/24832197/soldier-turned-steeplechaser-avinash-sable-targets-olympics-breaking-37-year-old-national-record |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=ESPN.in |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> Sable, who was overweight, managed to lose {{cvt|20|kg}} 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.<ref name=indexp/>


==Career==
==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 [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 8:28.94 in March 2019 at the Federation Cup in [[Patiala]],<ref name=fpost/> as a result of which he qualified for the [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships]] and [[2019 World Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Halder |first1=Aditya K|title=Meteoric rise of Avinash Sable in Fed Cup |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/avinash-sable-300m-steeplechase-national-record-1481464-2019-03-19 |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=19 March 2019}}</ref> He became the first male steeplechaser from India to qualify for the World Championships since [[Deena Ram]] ([[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|1991]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aga |first1=Oumar |title=Conquered Beed, survived Kargil, Army steeplechaser's Pune gold is 'world championship' practice run |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/conquered-beed-survived-kargil-army-steeplechaser-s-pune-gold-is-world-championship-practice-run/story-58norsCfaloAOVhpyBdOFP.html |accessdate=16 September 2019 |work=Hindustan Times |date=13 September 2019}}</ref>  
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 [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 8:28.94 in March 2019 at the Federation Cup in [[Patiala]],<ref name=fpost/> as a result of which he qualified for the [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships]] and [[2019 World Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Halder |first1=Aditya K|title=Meteoric rise of Avinash Sable in Fed Cup |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/avinash-sable-300m-steeplechase-national-record-1481464-2019-03-19 |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=19 March 2022}}</ref> He became the first male steeplechaser from India to qualify for the World Championships since [[Deena Ram]] ([[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|1991]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aga |first1=Oumar |title=Conquered Beed, survived Kargil, Army steeplechaser's Pune gold is 'world championship' practice run |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/conquered-beed-survived-kargil-army-steeplechaser-s-pune-gold-is-world-championship-practice-run/story-58norsCfaloAOVhpyBdOFP.html |accessdate=16 September 2019 |work=Hindustan Times |date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
 
Sable won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in [[Doha]], his debut international event, with a timing of [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:30.19]].<ref name=fpost>{{cite news |last1=Rajaraman |first1=G. |title=Asian Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable shows maturity despite trepidation to bag silver on international debut |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-athletics-championships-avinash-sable-shows-maturity-despite-trepidation-to-bag-silver-on-international-debut-6491831.html |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=22 April 2022}}</ref> On 1 October 2019, he again broke his own national record at the World Championships where he ran [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Summary |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/3000-metres-steeplechase/heats/summary |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=1 October 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=IAAF World Championships: Avinash Sable included in Steeplechase final after India's successful appeal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/iaaf-world-championships-avinash-sable-qualifies-mens-3000m-steeplechase-final-after-india-appeal-1605315-2019-10-01 |accessdate=1 October 2019 |work=India Today |date=1 October 2022}}</ref> He further improved the national record to 8:21.37 in the final, finishing 13th out of 16 runners,<ref>{{cite web |title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Result |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/3000-metres-steeplechase/final/result |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=4 October 2022}}</ref> and qualified for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 5, 2019|title=Really happy after qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Avinash Sable after World Championship heroics|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/worked-hard-avinash-sable-3000m-steeplechase-tokyo-2020-olympics-doha-1606552-2019-10-05|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=India's Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3000m steeplechase national record for second time |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/indias-avinash-sable-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics-after-smashing-3000m-steeplechase-national-record-for-second-time/article29599810.ece |accessdate=5 October 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
 
Sable set a new national record at the 2020 [[Delhi Half Marathon]], completing the run in less than 61 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 29, 2020|title=Olympic-bound Avinash Sable sets new national record in Delhi half-marathon|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/tokyo-olympics-bound-1745129-2020-11-29|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-29|title=Airtel Delhi Half Marathon {{!}} Ethiopians Walelegn, Yehualaw win elite races with record times|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/airtel-delhi-half-marathon-ethiopians-walelegn-yehualaw-win-elite-races-with-record-times/article33204469.ece|access-date=2021-02-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


Sable won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in [[Doha]], his debut international event, with a timing of [[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|8:30.19]].<ref name=fpost>{{cite news |last1=Rajaraman |first1=G. |title=Asian Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable shows maturity despite trepidation to bag silver on international debut |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-athletics-championships-avinash-sable-shows-maturity-despite-trepidation-to-bag-silver-on-international-debut-6491831.html |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=22 April 2019}}</ref> On 1 October 2019, he again broke his own national record at the World Championships where he ran [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Summary |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/3000-metres-steeplechase/heats/summary |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=IAAF World Championships: Avinash Sable included in Steeplechase final after India's successful appeal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/iaaf-world-championships-avinash-sable-qualifies-mens-3000m-steeplechase-final-after-india-appeal-1605315-2019-10-01 |accessdate=1 October 2019 |work=India Today |date=1 October 2019}}</ref> He further improved the national record to 8:21.37 in the final, finishing 13th out of 16 runners,<ref>{{cite web |title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Result |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/3000-metres-steeplechase/final/result |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=4 October 2019}}</ref> and qualified for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |title=India’s Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3000m steeplechase national record for second time |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/indias-avinash-sable-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics-after-smashing-3000m-steeplechase-national-record-for-second-time/article29599810.ece |accessdate=5 October 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
At the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7132391?eventId=10229614&gender=M |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> In 2022, Sable set 2 further national records, first at the Indian Grand Prix (8:16.21), and then at the [[Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat|Meeting International Mohamed VI]] in Rabat (8:12.48), placing 5th (his highest [[Diamond League]] finish to date).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avinash Mukund SABLE {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/avinash-mukund-sable-14778911 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Grand Prix - 2 « Athletics Federation of India |url=https://indianathletics.in/afi_result/indian-grand-prix-2/}}</ref>


Sable set a new national record at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM), completing the run in less than 61 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 29, 2020|title=Olympic-bound Avinash Sable sets new national record in Delhi half-marathon|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/tokyo-olympics-bound-1745129-2020-11-29|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-29|title=Ethiopia’s Yehualaw runs second fastest women’s half marathon ever at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2020|url=https://airteldelhihalfmarathon.procam.in/press-release/ethiopias-yehualaw-runs-second-fastest-womens-half-marathon-ever-at-the-airtel-delhi-half-marathon-2020|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Airtel Delhi Half Marathon|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=2020-11-29|title=Airtel Delhi Half Marathon {{!}} Ethiopians Walelegn, Yehualaw win elite races with record times|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/airtel-delhi-half-marathon-ethiopians-walelegn-yehualaw-win-elite-races-with-record-times/article33204469.ece|access-date=2021-02-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
Sable won the silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|2022 Commonwealth Games]] with a new national record time of 8:11.20.<ref name="ninth">{{cite news |title=Sable ends Kenyan steeplechase hegemony at CWG, wins silver medal |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/commonwealth-games/sable-ends-kenyan-steeplechase-hegemony-at-cwg-wins-silver-medal-8075008/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=6 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|1994]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Games 2022 athletics: India's Avinash Sable denies Kenya a steeplechase podium clean sweep for first time since 1994 |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/commonwealth-games-2022-athletics-india-avinash-sable-3000m-steeplechase-result |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=Olympics.com}}</ref>


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Naib Subedar
Avinash Sable
Avinash Sable - 3,000m steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (51352521594) (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameAvinash Mukund Sable[1]
Born (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)
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)
Updated on 13 August 2022.

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]

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

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