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Athletics: Sable, Chithravel, And Aboobaker To Appear In Inaugural Diamond League Xiamen Event

By IANS News September 01, 2023 • 21:34 PM View: 291

World Champion Neeraj Chopra: India's Avinash Sable is set to return for the men’s 3000m steeplechase event when Xiamen hosts its first-ever Diamond League event on Saturday at the brand-new Egret Stadium.

Joining Sable at the event will be two of the country's best male triple jumpers -- Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobaker.

The start list of the event has 19 World Championship medallists. The penultimate leg will be Sable’s fourth appearance in the 2023 edition of Diamond League where he will compete against reigning Olympic, world, and Diamond League champion Soufiane El Bakkali, and Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medallist Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya.