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Sable had narrowly missed the final in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, although he did set a new national record in that event, and will be setting his sights on making the final at the very least in Paris. read more
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Avinash Sable had previously won gold at the men's 3000m steeplechase event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Reuters
The athletics competitions in the Paris Olympics had begun with the road walk events on 1 August, and witnessed two of the showpiece events, the men’s and women’s 100-metre sprints, take place over the weekend with USA’s Noah Lyles and Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred crowned the world’s fastest man and woman respectively.
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The Indian athletics contingent however, is yet to make a major impact so far in the Paris Games. None of the road walk athletes, including national record holder Priyanka Goswami, impressed on the opening day.
Day 2 of the athletics competitions would witness distance runners Parul Chaudhary and Ankita Dhyani fail to qualify for the finals of the women’s 5000m and Tajinderpal Singh Toor coming up with the lowest score among 29 competitors in the men’s shot put qualifying.
Chaudhary would fail to qualify for the final of her pet event — the 3,000m steeplechase — on Sunday after finishing eighth in her heat. On the same day, long jumper Jeswin Aldrin would register a best leap of 7.61m that secured him a 13th place finish in Group B.
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Later tonight, distance runner Avinash Sable will be in action for the first time as he participates in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event.
Sable has had quite a few notable moments in his career so far, from qualifying for the World Championships in 2019 — and becoming the first Indian to do so since 1991 — to winning silver in the 2022 Commonwealth Games and gold in the 2023 Asian Games respectively.
Sable had narrowly missed the final in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, although he did set a new national record in that event, and will be setting his sights on making the final at the very least in Paris.
Here’s more on Sable’s event, including the number of competitors and the date and time:
How many competitors will feature in the men’s steeplechase heats?
The men’s steeplechase heats features 36 competitors divided into three groups comprising 12 athletes each. The top-five from each heat progress to the final.
Sable’s in Heat 2 and will be competing against the following: Nahuel Carabana (Andorra), Alexis Miellet (France), Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya), Matthew Wilkinson (USA), Tomas Habarta (Czechia), Velten Schneider (Germany), Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia), Mohamed Tindouft (Morocco), Matthew Clarke (Australia), Ryuji Miura (Japan), Osama Zoghlami (Italy).
When and where will the men’s 3000m steeplechase heats take place?
The men’s 3000m steeplechase heats will take place on Monday, 5 August at 10.34 pm IST at the Stade de France, the main Olympic Stadium in Paris 2024. Should Sable advance, he will be competing in the final on Thursday, 8 August (7 August in France) at 1.13 am IST.
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