Advertisement
X

World Athletics Championships 2022: India’s Avinash Sable Disappoints In 3000m Steeplechase Final

The 27-year-old Avinash Sable clocked 8:31.75s, which is way below his season's and personal best of 8:12.48s, to finish 11th in the final round.

India's Avinash Sable in action in World Athletics Championships 2022.

India's Avinash Sable finished 11th in the final of the men's 3000m steeplechase event with a disappointing show on the fourth day of competitions at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Eugene. (More Sports News)

The 27-year-old Sable clocked 8:31.75, way below his season's and personal best of 8:12.48, which is a national record. He had qualified for the final after finishing third in heat number 3 and seventh overall with a time of 8:18.75.

Sable had finished 13th in the last edition of the championships in Doha in 2019 with the then national record time of 8:21.37.

Morocco’s season leader and reigning Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali won the gold with a time of 8:25.13 while Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma, who won silver in both the Tokyo Games and last World Championships, finished second in 8:26.01.

Kenya's defending champion Conseslus Kipruto was third with a time of 8:27.92.

Sable has been on a national record-breaking spree in recent times. His latest best was 8:12.48 when he finished fifth at the prestigious Diamond League Meeting in Rabat last month.

Show comments
Published At:
US