Avinash Sable wins silver in men's 3000m steeplechase, India's medal tally rises to 28 at Commonwealth Games 2022

Avinash Sable, one of India's biggest medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games 2022, brought home a silver in the men's 3000m steeplechase final on Saturday by registering a personal best effort and a new national record. Sable, who started off fourth with three Kenyan racers ahead of him, pushed hard to go second. And with one lap to go, challenged for the gold but finished an agonisingly 0.5 seconds short, thus assuring India's fourth track and field medal at the CWG 2022.

Sable clocked a PB of 8:11:20s to finish behind Abraham Kibiwot and etch his name in the history of Indian track and field. Last month, Sable had a run to forget when he finished 11th at the World Athletics Championships, clocking 8:31.75, which was way below his season and personal best. But his training in the USA came good the the Games, where he was just so brilliant. He stuck with the Kenyans and defeated two of them in a terrific bit of world-class race.

After bossing the Indian circuit leading up to the Tokyo Games where he reset his national record yet couldn't to qualify for the final, Sable had shifted base to Colorado Springs for the last few months and participated in meets abroad with world-class competitors.

A farmer's son from Mandwa village in Maharashtra's Beed district, the Indian Armyman had the satisfaction of beating World Championships bronze medallist Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya who finished sixth with a time of 8:34.96. Sable, who has earlier served at the Siachen Glaciers before taking to athletics, has been on a national record breaking spree in recent times. He had clocked 8:12.48 when he finished fifth at the prestigious Diamond League Meeting in Rabat last month.

Disclaimer: The copyright of this article belongs to the original author. Reposting this article is solely for the purpose of information dissemination and does not constitute any investment advice. If there is any infringement, please contact us immediately. We will make corrections or deletions as necessary. Thank you.