 "Paris Olympics 2024: Avinash Sable finishes men's 3000m steeplechase final in 11th place")
India’s Avinash Sable endured a disappointing 11th place finish in the Men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday. Sable registered a timing of 8:14.18s although he had been in the lead for a brief period during the race.
Sable had recently broken his own national record with a time of 8:09.91 seconds at the Paris Diamond League. He has been training abroad for a long time in preparation for the Paris Games on funding from the government.
Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco defended his title, clocking his season’s best of 8:06.05 while Kenneth Rooks (8:06.41) of USA and Abraham Kibiwot (8:06.47) of Kenya took silver and bronze respectively. World record holder Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia did not finish the race as he fell on the track towards the end.
Meanwhile, triple jumpers Praveen Chitravel and Abdulla Aboobacker failed to reach the finals after producing disappointing performances of 16.25m and 16.49m respectively. Chitravel finished 27th and Abdulla ended up at 21st out of 32 competitors. Chitravel holds the national record of 17.37m while Aboobacker has a personal best of 17.19m.
All athletes who jumped 17.10m or more, or the 12 best performers advanced to the final.
With PTI inputs
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