Army man Avinash Sable scripts history: From Siachen to Steeplechase Silver at Commonwealth Games 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Army man Avinash Sable scripts history: From Siachen to Steeplechase Silver at Commonwealth Games 2022

India Today  

Neeraj Chopra is India’s pride. The 27-year-old from the Marathwada region in Maharashtra’s Beed district scripted history for India at the Commonwealth Games 2022, becoming the first Indian to win a steeplechase medal. However, as an Army man does, Sable put behind the setback and bounced back in style to win the historic Silver, which is worth its weight in Gold, at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Avinash Sable in action in the men's 3000m steeplechase final at CWG 2022 Avinash Sable’s rise in steeplechase has been meteoric. The World Championships in Eugene last month did not go his way but Sable learned his lessons and won the silver in Commonwealth Games with a new personal best.

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Avinash Sable becomes first Indian to qualify for Olympic men's 3000m steeplechase final
5 months, 1 week ago

Avinash Sable becomes first Indian to qualify for Olympic men's 3000m steeplechase final

Hindustan Times  

Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to qualify for the 3000m steeplechase final after finishing fifth in his heat but quartermiler Kiran Pahal failed to book an automatic semi-final berth in women's 400m following a seventh place finish in her heat at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Paris: India's Avinash Sable competes in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 …

Asian Games 2023: Neeraj defends gold medal, Sable, Harmilan grab silver, men’s relay-team on top
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Neeraj defends gold medal, Sable, Harmilan grab silver, men’s relay-team on top

The Hindu  

Neeraj Chopra defended his Asian Games title with a season’s best throw of 88.88m, and Kishore Kumar Jena managed a personal best of 87.54m as India completed a one-two in javelin but not before both got the short end of dodgy officiating as India finished the track & field assignments here with a best-ever haul of 29 medals including six …

Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable wins gold in men’s 3000m steeplechase; breaks Games record
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable wins gold in men’s 3000m steeplechase; breaks Games record

The Hindu  

India’s Avinash Sable won the gold medal in men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday. Sable’s medal is India’s 12th gold at this edition of the Asian Games and the first track and field gold in Hangzhou. Sable, a 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, holds the national record of 8 minutes 11.20 seconds. In Hangzhou, besides the …

Avinash Sable hopes to put behind World Championships disappointment in Asian Games
1 year, 3 months ago

Avinash Sable hopes to put behind World Championships disappointment in Asian Games

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games silver medallist 3000m steeplechase runner Avinash Sable hopes to get over the World Championships disappointment and set a new national record en route to a gold medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. “The Asian Games will be my season’s last race. Considering the standard in the Asian Games and with no qualifier, it’s a bit easy.” …

Avinash Sable qualifies for his maiden Diamond League final, will join Neeraj Chopra, M Sreeshankar in Eugene
1 year, 4 months ago

Avinash Sable qualifies for his maiden Diamond League final, will join Neeraj Chopra, M Sreeshankar in Eugene

India TV News  

India's athlete Avinash Sable confirmed his maiden appearance in the Diamond League final as he finished fifth in the men’s 3000m steeplechase race at the Xiamen Diamond League 2023. The 28-year-old Sable finished nearly six seconds behind the reigning Olympic and world champion Soufiane El Bakkali, who won the event with a timing of 8:10.31. He will accompany fellow athletes …

Avinash Sable qualifies for Diamond League Final after fifth-place finish in Xiamen
1 year, 4 months ago

Avinash Sable qualifies for Diamond League Final after fifth-place finish in Xiamen

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable finished fifth in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. The Indian clocked 8:16.27s, five seconds slower than his national record, to finish just behind Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, who took the fourth spot with 8:15.87s. READ - Neeraj Chopra listens to his mind and body as he …

Avinash Sable qualifies for Paris Olympics 2024 after finishing 6th in Diamond League
1 year, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable qualifies for Paris Olympics 2024 after finishing 6th in Diamond League

India TV News  

India's ace steeplechaser Avinash Sable became the first track and field athlete to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024 after his second career-best timing at the Silesia Diamond League 2023 athletics meet in Poland’s Chorzow on Sunday, July 16. Kenya's Abraham Kibiwot who won the Commonwealth Games 2022 gold last year finished second with 8:08.03 while the reigning Olympic, world …

Avinash Sable at Silesia Diamond League: 3000m Steeplechase Preview, when and where to watch
1 year, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable at Silesia Diamond League: 3000m Steeplechase Preview, when and where to watch

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Avinash Sable will be participating in the Silesia Diamond League 2023 athletics meet in Poland on Sunday, 16 July 2023. The Silesia Diamond League, also called the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial meet, is an important step for Sable in his journey to the Diamond League finals in Eugene in September. READ: Diamond League Points System When and …

Sable finishes fifth in Diamond League meeting in Stockholm
1 year, 6 months ago

Sable finishes fifth in Diamond League meeting in Stockholm

The Hindu  

India’s Avinash Sable finished fifth in men’s 3000m Steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS: Avinash Sable finishes fifth in 3000m Steeplechase at Stockholm Diamond League In wet conditions, the 28-year-old finished fifth with a timing of 8:21.88s, four seconds slower than his only other Steeplechase race of the season in Rabat where he had finished …

Selva Prabhu, Avinash Sable
1 year, 7 months ago

Selva Prabhu, Avinash Sable

The Hindu  

Chaina Triple jumper T. Selva Prabhu broke Arpinder Singh’s 12-year-old junior National record while winning the gold at the Venizelia-Chania international meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Bronze event on Sunday. Sable 10th in Rabat Diamond League National record-holder Avinash Sable finished 10th in the 3000m steeplechase in the Diamond League in Rabat, on Sunday in 8:17.18s. Women’s 100m hurdles national …

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary break 5000m national records
1 year, 8 months ago

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary break 5000m national records

The Hindu  

Olympian Avinash Sable broke his own 5000m national record in the Sound Running Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Silver event, at Walnut, California, on Saturday. Avinash, whose primary event is the 3000m steeple chase where he is also the Commonwealth Games silver medallist and national record holder, clocked 13:19.30s to better his record by more than five seconds while …

Sable, Parul in World Cross Country Championships entry list
1 year, 11 months ago

Sable, Parul in World Cross Country Championships entry list

The Hindu  

Long-distance runner Avinash Sable is among five Indian athletes in the entry list for the World Cross Country Championships to be held in Bathurst, Australia on February 18. Besides Sable, the 3000m steeplechase silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the other men's entry in the 215-runner list from 47 countries is 32-year-old Anand Singh, who finished second …

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary Make World Cross Country Championships Entry List
1 year, 11 months ago

Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary Make World Cross Country Championships Entry List

News 18  

Long-distance runner Avinash Sable is among five Indian athletes in the entry list for the World Cross Country Championships to be held in Bathurst, Australia on February 18. Besides Sable, the 3000m steeplechase silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the other men’s entry in the 215-runner list from 47 countries is 32-year-old Anand Singh, who finished second …

Sable, Parul in World Cross Country Championships entry list
1 year, 11 months ago

Sable, Parul in World Cross Country Championships entry list

The Hindu  

Long-distance runner Avinash Sable is among five Indian athletes in the entry list for the World Cross Country Championships to be held in Bathurst, Australia on February 18. Besides Sable, the 3000m steeplechase silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the other men’s entry in the 215-runner list from 47 countries is 32-year-old Anand Singh, who finished second …

Avinash Sable on vital exposure training at Colorado Springs
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable on vital exposure training at Colorado Springs

Hindustan Times  

One of the enduring images of this Commonwealth Games was Avinash Sable in hot pursuit of Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot on the home straight of the 3000m steeplechase final. Of his three major races this year–Rabat Diamond League, Worlds and CWG, Sable’s Birmingham race stands out. “Agar kisi cheez to pana hain to najdik jaana parega (If you want to achieve …

Avinash Sable after Commonwealth Games silver: I have to restart training as if I have not achieved anything
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable after Commonwealth Games silver: I have to restart training as if I have not achieved anything

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable wants to forget the Commonwealth Games silver soon. “I need to forget this achievement first,” the 3000m steeplechase medallist tells Sportstar, on his return from Birmingham. Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot beat Avinash Mukund Sable by five-hundredths of a second to win the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. | Photo Credit: AFP “If you keep …

Sable and a new era for Indian athletics
2 years, 5 months ago

Sable and a new era for Indian athletics

Hindustan Times  

Distance runners are a lonely breed. Avinash Sable showed on Friday that he is very much India’s man of steel with a 3000m steeplechase run for the ages at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sable not just broke the national record for the ninth straight time since he began chipping away at the time in September 2018, he also made …

Avinash Sable storms a Kenyan bastion; Priyanka walks away with silver
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable storms a Kenyan bastion; Priyanka walks away with silver

Hindustan Times  

You had to rub your eyes, watch the race again and again to believe what had just unfolded. “It’s unthinkable that a Kenyan can be defeated,” screamed the commentator as the race headed to a thrilling climax with Sable hot on the heels of Kibiwot. Kipruto was defending champion, 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist and two-time world champion ; Kibiwot …

Commonwealth Games 2022: Avinash Sable ends Kenyan hegemony with steeplechase silver
2 years, 5 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: Avinash Sable ends Kenyan hegemony with steeplechase silver

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable finally ended the Kenyan hegemony in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games – the East African nation had monopolised the CWG podium since 1998 – to win a silver medal with a time of 8:11.20 at the Alexander Stadium. Sable, separated from gold medal winner Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot by five microseconds, was disappointed at missing out …

Commonwealth Games: Avinash Sable wins silver to secure India's first-ever CWG medal in men's steeple chase
2 years, 5 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Avinash Sable wins silver to secure India's first-ever CWG medal in men's steeple chase

India Today  

Avinash Sable broke the 3000m Steeplechase National Record for the record 9th time, clocking 8:11.20 to win India's first-ever Steeplechase Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday. SILVER FOR SABLE@avinash3000m wins a in Men's 3000m Steeplechase event at #CommonwealthGames2022 with a Personal Best and National Record Congratulations Avinash. India is very proud of you #Cheer4India #India4CWG2022 …

Avinash Sable wins silver in men’s 3000m steeplechase, 0.05 seconds short of gold at Commonwealth Games
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable wins silver in men’s 3000m steeplechase, 0.05 seconds short of gold at Commonwealth Games

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable won silver in the men's 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. Sable finished 11th in the final of the men's 3000m steeplechase event at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Podiums by countries in 3000m steeplechase since the 1998 CWG 1998: 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 2002: 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 2006: 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 2010: 🇰🇪 …

Avinash Sable's disappointing run continues, steeplechase athlete finishes 11th in World Championships
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable's disappointing run continues, steeplechase athlete finishes 11th in World Championships

India TV News  

EUGENE: India's steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable finished in the 11th spot in the final race and couldn't get rid of his bad run. India's Avinash Sable had finished third in heat number 3 and seventh position overall with a time of 8:01.35 which earned him a spot for the final round. As compared to the last edition of the World …

World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after fighting finish, Toor pulls out
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after fighting finish, Toor pulls out

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable came up with a fighting finish as he pipped Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie to take the third spot in his 3,000m steeple chase heat and grab an automatic berth to the final of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Friday. Meanwhile, M. Sreeshankar became the first Indian man to qualify for the long jump final at the Worlds, …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Avinash Sable qualifies for final of 3000m steeplechase
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Avinash Sable qualifies for final of 3000m steeplechase

India TV News  

3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable sailed into the finals grade on the first day of the competitions of the World Athletics Championships 2022. Sable ended up at the third position in heat number 3 clocking 8:18.75 to qualify for the finals. The next six fastest runners across the three heats also qualify for the final. Sable has been on a national …

Avinash Sable | The serial record-breaker with a monk’s calmness
2 years, 6 months ago

Avinash Sable | The serial record-breaker with a monk’s calmness

The Hindu  

For someone who has made breaking records seem like an everyday affair, it is difficult to believe Avinash Sable once had doubts about whether he would ever be competitive within the country — at that point, the world stage was a dream too far. The start “We began his steeplechase training in March 2017,” reveals Amrish Kumar Adhana, the Services …

Avinash Sable Finishes 5th in Diamond League, Breaks National Record Again
2 years, 7 months ago

Avinash Sable Finishes 5th in Diamond League, Breaks National Record Again

The Quint  

Local hero and Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Soufiane El Bakkali won the race in a meeting record and world lead of 7:58.28. Ethiopia's Tokyo Olympics silver winner Lamecha Girma was second, clocking 7:59.24, with his compatriot Hailemariyam Tegegn took the third position in a personal best of 8:06.29. Sable, however, finished ahead of Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Benjamin Kigen of …

For record-breaker Avinash Sable, the enemy of progress is happiness
2 years, 8 months ago

For record-breaker Avinash Sable, the enemy of progress is happiness

The Hindu  

"The enemy of progress is happiness" Whenever Avinash Sable, India’s premier track athlete, feels he needs a reality check, all he has to do is remember a bit of admittedly brutalist East European philosophy former coach Nikolai Snesarev taught him. “I’ve had many coaches over the years, but this is something I’ve always remembered,” says Sable of Snesarev, who passed …

Avinash Sable Breaks 30-year-old Men's 5000m National Record
2 years, 8 months ago

Avinash Sable Breaks 30-year-old Men's 5000m National Record

News 18  

Top Indian runner Avinash Sable smashed the 30-year-old men’s 5000m national record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California in USA. Sable, who also holds the national record in his pet event of 3000m steeplechase and competed in Tokyo Olympics, clocked 13 minutes and 25.65 seconds while finishing 12th in the American Meet. Sable is known …

Avinash Sable conquers another frontier, breaks 30-year-old 5000m national record in USA
2 years, 8 months ago

Avinash Sable conquers another frontier, breaks 30-year-old 5000m national record in USA

India TV News  

Top Indian runner Avinash Sable smashed the 30-year-old men's 5000m national record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California in USA. Sable, who also holds the national record in his pet event of 3000m steeplechase and competed in Tokyo Olympics, clocked 13 minutes and 25.65 seconds while finishing 12th in the American Meet. Sable is known …

Indian Grand Prix 2: Avinash Sable betters his own steeplechase national record
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian Grand Prix 2: Avinash Sable betters his own steeplechase national record

The Hindu  

The arc lights were firmly trained on him. He put to shade his own national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase on the second leg of the Indian Grand Prix at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium on Wednesday. But as it has been his wont over the years, the Maharashtra athlete more or less preferred to prove his mettle on the …

Avinash Sable to train in Uganda from April 10
3 years, 9 months ago

Avinash Sable to train in Uganda from April 10

The Hindu  

Olympic-bound Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable is set to train in Uganda from April 10 to July 20 after getting a go ahead from the Sports Ministry, which approved a proposal sent by the Athletics Federation of India. The 26-year-old will be training under foreign coach Addy Ruiter, who has guided athletes like Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, the current world record …

Avinash Sable Sets New National Record in Steeplechase at Fed Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Avinash Sable Sets New National Record in Steeplechase at Fed Cup

News 18  

Avinash Sable of Maharashtra paid the best possible tribute to late coach Nikolai Snesarev by posting a new national record time of 8 minutes 20.20 seconds as he won the men’s 3000-metre steeplechase on the third day of the National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports here on Wednesday. Along with javelin thrower …

Avinash Sable breaks 3000m steeplechase national record at Fed Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Avinash Sable breaks 3000m steeplechase national record at Fed Cup

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable has made a habit of breaking his own records and setting new benchmarks. On Wednesday, the steeplechaser set yet another national record, his fifth in three years, while also breaching the Olympic qualification mark, also for the second time. Even as Sable went around setting yet another national record, the men's 3000m steeplechase saw several injuries and the …

3,000m Steeplechaser Avinash Sable to Train under Belarusian Coach
3 years, 10 months ago

3,000m Steeplechaser Avinash Sable to Train under Belarusian Coach

News 18  

Avinash Sable, national record holder in the men’s 3,000m steeplechaser who has qualified for this year’s Olympic Games, will train under Belarusian Nikolai Snesarev, a middle and long-distance expert, from next month. The 72-year-old Belarusian expert, who has been appointed till this September to prepare the leading runners for the rescheduled Olympic Games starting on July 23, reached Bengaluru on …

Lack of quality foreign competitions worries Olympic-bound Avinash Sable
4 years, 1 month ago

Lack of quality foreign competitions worries Olympic-bound Avinash Sable

India TV News  

Avinash Sable has been a name to watch out for in Indian athletics with a string of record breaking performances in his forte 3000m steeplechase event that qualified him for the postponed Tokyo Olympics. "Training in Ooty was really beneficial for me as I got to work on technical aspects like crossing the hurdle, endurance training with my coach," Sable …

Avinash Sable: Sportstar Aces Sportsman of the Year, Athletics
5 years ago

Avinash Sable: Sportstar Aces Sportsman of the Year, Athletics

The Hindu  

Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor may have won the Asian Championship gold in Doha last year — he was the only Indian male to do so too — but Avinash Sable has something that almost all Indian athletes have been desperately hunting for, since May 1 last year. Avinash broke his own national record while clocking that time and it …

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3,000m steeplechase national record for second time
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after smashing 3,000m steeplechase national record for second time

Firstpost  

India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3,000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the second time in three days though he finished 13th in the final race of the World Championships on Friday. Doha: India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3,000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the …

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable breaks own national record to qualify for 3000m steeplechase final
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Avinash Sable breaks own national record to qualify for 3000m steeplechase final

Firstpost  

India’s Avinash Sable broke his own national record, and qualified for the finals of the men’s 3000m steeplechase in an eventful race in the World Championships. Doha: India’s Avinash Sable broke his own national record, and qualified for the finals of the men’s 3000m steeplechase in an eventful race in the World Championships on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Indian clocked 8 …

Asian Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable shows maturity despite trepidation to bag silver on international debut
5 years, 8 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable shows maturity despite trepidation to bag silver on international debut

Firstpost  

Despite the trepidation, once the race got underway, Sable was confident that he could beat everyone. The 24-year-old Avinash Sable had aroused some interest when he broke Gopal Saini’s long-standing National record by completing the steeplechase in 8:29.80 in the National Open Championships in Bhubaneshwar. Everyone who follows Indian track and field sport is now aware that Avinash Sable took …

Asian Athletics Championships: Annu Rani, Avinash Sable lead charge as India bag five medals including two silvers on Day 1
5 years, 8 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships: Annu Rani, Avinash Sable lead charge as India bag five medals including two silvers on Day 1

Firstpost  

Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 3000m steeple chaser Avinash Sable led the charge with a silver each as India won five medals on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships on Sunday Doha: Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable led the charge with a silver each as India won five medals on the opening day of …

National Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable breaks 37-year-old record to win men's 3000m steeplechase gold
6 years, 3 months ago

National Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable breaks 37-year-old record to win men's 3000m steeplechase gold

Firstpost  

Avinash Sable ended the 58th Open National Athletics Championships with a new national record, erasing the 37-year-old mark in the men’s 3000m steeplechase on Friday Bhubaneswar: Avinash Sable ended the 58th Open National Athletics Championships with a new national record, erasing the 37-year-old mark in the men’s 3000m steeplechase on Friday. Ayyasamy also lived up to his reputation setting a …

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