Avinash Sable qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing sixth in Diamond League
The Hindu
Avinash Sable, a 3000m steeplechaser qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 16 after finishing 6th in a Silesia Diamond League meet. He clocked 8:11.63, just outside his national record, but exceeding the qualifying mark of 8:15.00.
Ace 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable on July 16 qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing sixth in the Silesia Diamond League meet in Silesia, Poland.
National champion Sable clocked 8 minute 11:63 seconds, just outside his national record time of 8:11.20, but that breached the Paris Olympics qualifying mark of 8:15.00 by a fair margin.
The Olympics qualification period began on July 30 and will continue till June 30, 2024.
He joins four 20km race walkers — Akshadeep Singh, Vikas Singh and Paramjeet Singh Bisht in men's event and Priyanka Goswami in women's event — and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar in the list of Indians who have qualified for the Paris Olympics so far.
Sable has already qualified for the World Championships (August 19-27) in Budapest, Hungary.
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