Steeplechaser Avinash Sable breaks his own record, registers new national record
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New Delhi, Mar 18: Though steeplechaser Avinash Sable has qualified for Tokyo Olympics, he did not choose to sit back and watch his achievements. This comes as he set a new national record in the men's 3000m steeplechase event in the ongoing Federation Cup. The 26-year-old Avinash recorded a timing of 8:20.20 and hence he ended up breaking his own record which he set in 2019.
He was one of the first Indian track and field athletes to make the cut for the Olympics when he clocked 8 minutes and 21.37 seconds at the 2019 Doha World Championships. But the army man from Beed district of Maharashtra broke the national record for the fifth time in his career clocking 8:20.20s and rewriting his previous best achieved in Doha.
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"#TOPSAthlete #AvinashSable has set a new national record in men's 3000m steeplechase with timing of 8:20.20 at the Federation Cup in Patiala. The #Tokyo2020 bound runner broke his own record of 8:21.37 set in 2019. #JeetengeOlympics #GemsofSAI," SAI Media tweeted.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote, "Congratulations to Avinash Sable for creating another national record! Avinash has already qualified for Tokyo Olympics. He set a new national record in men's 3000m steeplechase with timing of 8:20.20 at the Federation Cup in Patiala. He broke his own record of 8:21.37."
Sable had started to break and set new records since 2018 when he rescripted Gopal Saini’s 37-year-old record. In October 2019, Sable had secured a berth in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in men's 3000m steeplechase after finishing 13th in the final of the World Athletics Championships. The qualifying cut-off for the Olympics was 8:22.00 and Sable completed in 8:21.37, setting a new national record.
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The 21-year-old Sreeshankar set a national record after making a jump of 8.26 metres in his final attempt at the Federation Cup and as a result, he attained qualification for the Olympics.