Panchkula ,jun 30
A reputed name at home but yet to prove himself as a top performer globally, 3000m steeplechase runner Avinash Sable wants to make amends for mistakes he has committed in the last few years and deliver a memorable show at the upcoming Paris Olympics with a different approach. Having taken to running in 2015, Sable has broken national records almost at will in the past. He has also won a gold medal at the Asian Games in 2023 and a silver in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
But the Paris Olympics could be his last shot at redemption on the global stage for Sable, who turns 30 in September. He will be nearing 34 at the next Olympics in the USA.
“I committed mistakes in the last two years. I had gone with good fitness in the two world championships (2022 and 2023) but could not do well at both. I want to make amends, hope that this Olympics will be my best,” Sable said.
Sable, who won the 3000m steeplechase gold at the National Inter-State Championships here while running as if he was in a practice session, has broken national records nine times.
But somehow, he has failed to shine at the global stage, except during the 2022 CWG where he broke the medal monopoly of the Kenyans by winning a silver.
He finished 11th in the 3000m steeplechase final in the 2022 World Championships in the USA and was eliminated in the preliminary round heats in the 2023 edition in Hungary. His best show in the prestigious five Diamond League Meeting series has been a fifth-place finish.
