Avinash Sable

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Avinash Sable
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Sable at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAvinash Mukund Sable [1]
Born (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 29)
Mandwa, Beed district, Maharashtra, India [2]
Military career
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Rank Subedar - Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg Subedar
Unit Mahar Regiment
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 3000m steeplechase
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 5000m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 3000m steeplechase
Asian Athletics Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha 3000m steeplechase
Updated on 5 August 2024

Avinash Mukund Sable (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds the national record of 8:09.91, set at the 2024 Paris Diamond League where he finished at the 6th spot. [3] It was the tenth time he had set the national record. [4]

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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. [5] [6] While attending junior college, he worked on brick kilns and construction sites to support his family. [7]

After completing 12th grade, he joined the 5 Mahar regiment of Indian Army, with postings at the Siachen Glacier in 2013–2014, the deserts of north-western Rajasthan followed by Sikkim from 2015. [8] 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. [6] [9] 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. [5]

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, [10] as a result of which he qualified for the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships and 2019 World Athletics Championships. [11] He became the first male steeplechaser from India to qualify for the World Championships since Deena Ram (1991). [12]

Sable won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, his debut international event, with a timing of 8:30.19. [10] 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. [13] 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. [14] He further improved the national record to 8:21.37 in the final, finishing 13th out of 16 runners, [15] and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [16] [17]

Sable set a new national record at the 2020 Delhi Half Marathon, completing the run in less than 61 minutes. [18] [19]

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. [20] 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 current highest Diamond League rank). [21] [22]

Sable won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a new national record time of 8:11.20. [23] 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. [24]

Sable finished 35th at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, clocking 31:43 over the 10km distance in a field of over 100 athletes. At the 2022 Asian Games, he won the first ever gold medal for India in men's steeplechase and silver in 5000 metre. [25]

He qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics after placing sixth in the Silesian leg of the 2023 Diamond League with a time of 8:11.63. [26]

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