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Inter-state Athletics: Sable Sets Meet Record; Toor, Parul Too Win Gold Medals
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June 29, 2024 • 23:06 PM View: 257
State Senior Athletics Championships: Asian Games champion Avinash Sable set a new meet record on his way to a gold medal in men's 3000m steeplechase while top stars Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Parul Chaudhary won their respective events on the third day of the 63rd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2024 on Saturday.
Sable set the pulse racing at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, winning the gold medal by clocking 8:31.75, improving the previous meet record of 8:33.19 that he set in Lucknow back in 2019. The 29-year-old Army athlete from Maharashtra also holds the national record of 8:11.20. Sumit Kumar (8:46.93) won the silver while Shankar Swami (8:47.05) settled for bronze.
This was Sable’s second 3000m steeplechase of the season after finishing second at the Portland Track Festival athletics meet in the USA earlier this month. He is a silver medallist in the Commonwealth Games in a race dominated by the Africans.
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Avinash Sable National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships Asian Games Tajinderpal Singh Toor Parul Chaudhary Tau Devi Lal Stadium Sumit Kumar Shankar Swami Portland Track Festival Commonwealth Games Sarvesh Kushare Tejaswin Shankar
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