ADHM 2020: Avinash Sable breaks national half marathon record, first Indian to run it in less than 61 minutes
4 years, 4 months ago

ADHM 2020: Avinash Sable breaks national half marathon record, first Indian to run it in less than 61 minutes

The Hindu  

With a reworked route and smoother corners, the 16th edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon expectedly produced new champions and course records on Sunday with Ethiopians Amedework Walelegn and Yalemzerf Yehualaw claimed the men’s and women’s titles respectively. Among the Indians, national 3000m steeplechase record holder Avinash Sable led the charge, finishing 10th overall in 1:00:30 -- the first time an Indian has run under 61 minutes over the distance and smashing the Indian half-marathon record by more than three minutes and the event record by more than four minutes. It was a close finish in the men’s event with last year’s runner-up Walelegn edging past compatriot and two-time defending champion Andamlak Belihu by a second in a course record time of 58.53, the third fastest time of the year. According to official Athletics Federation of India records, the previous national record was set by Kalidas Hirave while defending champion Srinu Bugatha held the ADHM record with a timing of 1:04:33 last year. Top results: Overall men: Amdework Walelegn, Andamlak Belihu, Stephen Kissa ; Overall top Women: Yalemzerf Yehualaw, Ruth Chepngetich, Ababel Yeshaneh ; Indian men: Avinash Sable, Srinu Bugatha, Durga Bahadur Budha ; Indian women: Parul Chaudhary, Sanjivani Jadhav, Komal Jagdale.

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Indian GP 1 | Gurindervir Singh shatters national 100m record
3 days, 21 hours ago

Indian GP 1 | Gurindervir Singh shatters national 100m record

The Hindu  

Gurindervir Singh broke the men’s National 100m record with a blistering run in the Indian Grand Prix 1 at SAI here on Friday. The results : Men: 100m: Gurindervir Singh 10.20s ; 200m: Amlan Borgohain 20.83s; 800m: Krishan Kumar 1:47.09s; 5,000m: Gaurav Bhaskar 14:35.29s; 110m hurdles: Muhammed Lazan 14.13s. Pole vault: S. Kavinraja 5.00m; High jump: Sarvesh Anil 2.23m; Long …

What will it take for Indian marathoners to set a new record?
2 months, 1 week ago

What will it take for Indian marathoners to set a new record?

Live Mint  

In 2004, Kenya’s Paul Tergat held the marathon world record with a timing of 2:04:55, which he had set in Berlin a year earlier. Since then, better training, nutrition and new carbon shoes have propelled runners to new records, none more than Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, who set the world on fire running a sub-2-hour marathon under controlled conditions and held …

Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first
3 months, 1 week ago

Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first

The Hindu  

Manikanta Hoblidhar thought he had it. If I had been able to run all the way through to the finish line, I’m sure I’d have run in less than 10.20 seconds,” he says. Just a couple of years ago, Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon clocked a time of 9.96 seconds, becoming the first South Asian to break the 10-second barrier in …

Tata Steel Marathon: Daniel Ebenyo, Sutume Kebede win titles; Gulveer sets new course record
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tata Steel Marathon: Daniel Ebenyo, Sutume Kebede win titles; Gulveer sets new course record

The Hindu  

Ethiopia’s champion marathoner Sutume Kebede gave an impressive performance to retain the women’s crown in the ninth edition of the Tata Steel World 25K road race here on Sunday. The Indian elite runners also performed impressively, with Gulveer Singh setting a new course record in the men’s section and Sanjivani Jadhav claiming the title in the women’s category, in the …

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata

The Hindu  

Defending champions Daniel Ebenyo and Sutume Kebede will return to defend their titles in the world’s first World Athletics Gold Label 25 K Race, Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, which is scheduled on Sunday, December 15. Early this year, Kebede improved her personal bests in the half marathon and marathon to take initial world leads in both events in 2024. …

Indian sports wrap, November 21: Supriya wins discus gold in 98th Inter-College athletics meet
4 months, 1 week ago

Indian sports wrap, November 21: Supriya wins discus gold in 98th Inter-College athletics meet

The Hindu  

ATHLETICS Supriya wins discus gold in 98th Inter-College athletics meet Supriya Attre of Lady Shri Ram College came up with an impressive throw of 45.63 metres to clinch the discus gold in the 98th Inter-College athletics meet at the Delhi University Polo ground on Thursday. The results : Under-18 boys: Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Om Patel 6-1, 7-5; Izyan Ahmad …

Half-marathon world record broken by one second in Valencia
5 months ago

Half-marathon world record broken by one second in Valencia

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics: Avinash Sable storms into the 3,000m steeplechase final
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Avinash Sable storms into the 3,000m steeplechase final

The Hindu  

India’s Avinash Sable, with a fifth place finish in the qualifying heat of the men’s 3,000m steeplechase, qualified for the final with a timing of 8:15.43. He is the first Indian Olympic track finalist since Lalita Babar in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase in 2016. He’d pushed hard enough at the start that instead of being forced to run in a …

Avinash Sable becomes first Indian to qualify for Olympic men's 3000m steeplechase final
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles

The Hindu  

Asian Games champion Annu Rani opened her season with a decent 60.68m effort while finishing sixth in the Hylo Javelin Throw Meeting in Offenburg, Germany, on Sunday. Deeksha bettered her personal best by more than a second as she broke Harmilan Bains’ three-year-old 1500m national record at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, …

Ethiopian Yehualaw, Kenya’s Ebenyo to make debuts Tata Steel Kolkata 25K
1 year, 3 months ago

Ethiopian Yehualaw, Kenya’s Ebenyo to make debuts Tata Steel Kolkata 25K

The Hindu  

One of India’s biggest running festivals and the World Athletics Elite Label Road Race, the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K, will be headlined by 10K world record-holder Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw in the women’s category and two-time world championship silver medallist Kenyan Daniel Simiyu Ebenyo in the men’s category. The event will witness some of the world’s best athletes take centre stage …

Miles with Smiles runs enliven early morning hour in Vizag
1 year, 4 months ago

Miles with Smiles runs enliven early morning hour in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Large-scale participation marked the 8th Edition of the Vizag Navy Marathon held by the Eastern Naval Command at RK Beach Road in the city on Sunday. The ‘miles with smiles’ events in various categories witnessed energetic participation of children, youth, senior citizens alongside the naval personnel drawn from within and abroad from the early morning hour of 4. The …

ATHLETICS | Murli Gavit wins men’s 5000m in a race that featured an odd finish
1 year, 5 months ago

ATHLETICS | Murli Gavit wins men’s 5000m in a race that featured an odd finish

The Hindu  

The men’s 5,000m event at the 62nd National Open athletics championships here on Friday witnessed an odd finish. Six runners in the leader group entered the home stretch together, but as the finish line approached, none of them seemed to make a concentrated effort to break away and get the win. The results: Winners: Men: 5,000m: Murli Gavit, 14:08.49s, 4x400m …

Asian Games 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins silver in women's 3000m steeplechase, Priti wins bronze
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins silver in women's 3000m steeplechase, Priti wins bronze

India Today  

India's Parul Chaudhary lived up to expectations at the Asian Games as she won silver in the women's 3000m steeplechase while her compatriot Priti took bronze as India and Bahrainian athletes dominated the race on Monday, October 2 in Hangzhou. Parul Chaudhary clocked 9.27.63s to win silver in the 3000m steeplechase while world champion Yavi Winfried won the Gold medal …

Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable wins gold in men’s 3000m steeplechase; breaks Games record
1 year, 6 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 …

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya Ramraj narrowly misses out on breaking PT Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles record
1 year, 6 months ago

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya Ramraj narrowly misses out on breaking PT Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles record

The Hindu  

A day after her 400m stunner, Vithya Ramraj almost came close to toppling P.T. Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles national record, missing it by one-hundredth of a second, at the Indian Grand Prix-5 in Chandigarh on Monday. Vithya, who was in a world of her own in the 400m hurdles, clocked 55.43s as she gave a shiver to Usha’s precious record …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold

The Hindu  

Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday with a time of two hours, eight minutes, 53 seconds, while Maru Teferi of Israel finished with silver despite taking a tumble. The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kiplangat broke away on his own with about 4 km to go, crossing the finish line with an …

Shocker in World Athletics Championships: Sable fails to qualify for final round in 3000m steeplechase
1 year, 7 months ago

Shocker in World Athletics Championships: Sable fails to qualify for final round in 3000m steeplechase

The Hindu  

National record holder 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable failed to qualify for the final round of the World Athletics Championships after finishing a disappointing seventh in his heat race in a shocking result in Budapest on August 19. Sable, who trained abroad for many months on Sports Ministry's funding to prepare for this showpiece event and was exempted from competing in …

Selva Prabhu, Avinash Sable
1 year, 10 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, 10 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 …

Indian Grand Prix 2, Athletics: Archana pips Hima Das to claim sprint double
2 years ago

Indian Grand Prix 2, Athletics: Archana pips Hima Das to claim sprint double

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s Archana Suseendran defeated Hima Das in the 100m final and made the most of the Assam sprinter’s disqualification in the 200m to claim a double gold in the AFI Indian Grand Prix 2 here on Monday. The 24-year-old Muhammed Ajmal clocked a sub-47 second time this season, improving on the 46.90 seconds that helped him to win the …

Sable, Parul in World Cross Country Championships entry list
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Regasa wins Delhi Half Marathon, Sable fastest Indian
2 years, 5 months ago

Regasa wins Delhi Half Marathon, Sable fastest Indian

Hindustan Times  

Ethiopia's Chala Regasa beat a spirited challenge from Kenyan Felix Kipkoech to win the elite men's race in the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday. New Delhi: Ethiopia's Chala Regasa celebrates after crossing the finish line to retain his men's elite title at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi. Sable wins photo …

Prize money gap a bit too much at Delhi Half Marathon: Avinash Sable
2 years, 5 months ago

Prize money gap a bit too much at Delhi Half Marathon: Avinash Sable

Hindustan Times  

The Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday will have a strong field of Indian and international runners who will chase success on an altered course from the past. Sable though criticised the gap in prize money between elite international runners and winners in the Indian category. Even at the Mumbai Marathon where a top Indian finisher gets ₹5 lakh, the …

How two athletes trained to smash the Indian 100km record
2 years, 5 months ago

How two athletes trained to smash the Indian 100km record

Live Mint  

The IAU 100km World Championships in August was Vipul Kumar’s first major international race over that distance. What was even more encouraging for Indian ultra running was that his teammate, Om Prakash Saran, had also bettered the previous record with a timing of 7 hours, 25 minutes and 55 seconds, finishing in52nd.In the process, both Kumar and Saran improved on …

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Avinash Sable headlines Delhi Half Marathon
2 years, 5 months ago

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Avinash Sable headlines Delhi Half Marathon

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Avinash Sable will spearhead the Indian challenge at the 17th Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon here on October 16. The USD 268,000 prize money World Athletics Elite Label Road Race, to be flagged off from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, will see tens of thousands of amateurs join the world’s best elites in a race that has stood …

Avinash Sable, Sanjivani Jadhav to Lead Indian Elite Athletes in Delhi Half Marathon
2 years, 5 months ago

Avinash Sable, Sanjivani Jadhav to Lead Indian Elite Athletes in Delhi Half Marathon

News 18  

Avinash Sable, silver medal winner at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, and Sanjivani Jadhav, a former champion as well as the 2020 edition’s silver medallist, will spearhead a thrilling Indian line-up in the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, scheduled to be held on October 16. In the women’s category, Sanjivani, who won 10,000m gold at the 2022 Federation Cup athletics, will …

National Games: Swimmers Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight
2 years, 5 months ago

National Games: Swimmers Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight

The Hindu  

Advait Page didn't go all out and swam well within himself yet he dominated the men’s 1500m freestyle to set a new games record on the second day of the swimming events of the 36th National Games at the Sardar Patel Aquatic complex here on Monday. Delhi’s Bhavya Sachdeva underlined her growing stature by setting a new mark in women’s …

World record holder Jacob Kiplimo on the start line of Delhi Half Marathon 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

World record holder Jacob Kiplimo on the start line of Delhi Half Marathon 2022

Hindustan Times  

Uganda’s world half marathon record holder Jacob Kiplimo will be on the start line of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022, one of the world’s most prestigious road races and a World Athletics Elite Label Event, on Sunday 16 October. Jacob Kiplimo Kiplimo, only 21, is the reigning world half marathon champion after winning the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships …

CWG 2022 Day 9 Wrap: Wrestlers Dominate as Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, Naveen Win Gold; Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami Get Silver
2 years, 7 months ago

CWG 2022 Day 9 Wrap: Wrestlers Dominate as Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, Naveen Win Gold; Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami Get Silver

News 18  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, star woman grappler Vinesh Phogat and 19-year-old wrestler Naveen claimed gold medals, with Pooja Gehlot, Pooja Sihag and Deepak Nehra getting bronze medals to help India succeed in winning medals in all 12 categories. India won their second Lawn Bowls medal of the Games, this time a silver in the Men’s Fours after the historic gold in …

Avinash Sable storms a Kenyan bastion; Priyanka walks away with silver
2 years, 7 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: Avinash Sable wins silver to secure India's first-ever CWG medal in men's steeple chase
2 years, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show
2 years, 8 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show

News 18  

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won the World Championship men’s marathon in dominant fashion on Sunday as he forged powerfully clear around 34km to come home more than a minute ahead to take gold in a championship record two hours, 05.37 minutes. Over a minute back in 2:06.44, Mosinet Geremew made it an Ethiopian 1-2 for the second World Championship in a …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold
2 years, 8 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold

The Hindu  

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in dominant fashion on Sunday, forging powerfully clear around 34km to come home solo to take gold in a championship record of two hours, 05.37 minutes. WORLD CHAMPION ‼️ CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD ‼️ After in London back in 2017, Tamirat Tola concludes a superb effort in the most beautiful …

World Athletics Championships, Day 1 India Results: Avinash Sable, Murali Shreesankar Qualify
2 years, 8 months ago

World Athletics Championships, Day 1 India Results: Avinash Sable, Murali Shreesankar Qualify

News 18  

The Indian contingent started off their World Athletics Championships adventure in the early hours of Saturday morning as Avinash Sable and Murali Shreesanker earned qualification to the finals of the 3000m Steeplechase event and the long jumps events respectively. Long jumper Murali Shreesankar recorded an 8.00m effort to earn qualification to the final of the event, while compatriots Jeswin Aldrin …

World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after fighting finish, Toor pulls out
2 years, 8 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, 8 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 Finishes 5th in Diamond League, Breaks National Record Again
2 years, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

Federation Cup: Amlan Borgohain sets national record in men's 200m, Sable cracks 5000m meet record on debut
2 years, 11 months ago

Federation Cup: Amlan Borgohain sets national record in men's 200m, Sable cracks 5000m meet record on debut

Firstpost  

Amlan Borgohain scorched the track to set a new men’s 200m national record by clocking 20.52 seconds on a rain-hit final day of the 25th National Federation Cup Kozhikode: Assam’s Amlan Borgohain scorched the track to set a new men’s 200m national record by clocking 20.52 seconds on a rain-hit final day of the 25th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics …

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

Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia breaks women's half marathon world record
3 years, 5 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia breaks women's half marathon world record

Daily Mail  

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women's half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in one hour, two minutes and 52 seconds at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP. The 23-year-old Gidey, who is also the world 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres record-holder, shaved more than a minute off the previous half marathon mark of 1:04:02 set by Kenya's Ruth …

Harmilan Breaks 19-year-old Record to Win 1500m Title at National Open Athletics Championships
3 years, 6 months ago

Harmilan Breaks 19-year-old Record to Win 1500m Title at National Open Athletics Championships

News 18  

Punjab’s Harmilan Baons Bains shattered a 19-year-old record to win the 1500m title while Delhi teenager Taranjeet Kaur triumphed against all odds to emerge the fastest in the 100m dash of the 60th National Open Athletics Championships here on Thursday. Twenty-year-old Harmilan cruised home in 4:05.39 seconds to erase the mark set by Sunita Rani at 4:06.03 at the 2002 …

Tokyo Olympics Athletics: Barega wins 10,000m gold; Sable breaks national record
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Athletics: Barega wins 10,000m gold; Sable breaks national record

The Hindu  

Working his way up brilliantly from the back of the pack, Ethiopian Selemon Barega won the men's 10,000m for the first athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The race was wide open till the last two laps in the 25-lapper and the 21-year-old, who grabbed the lead at the bell, staved off a strong challenge from Uganda's world …

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