Avinash Sabale secured first place in Asian Athletics Championship, won gold medal

New Delhi. National record holder Avinash Sabale became the first Indian man in the first 36 years to win the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event of the Asian Athletics Championship, performing the best of the session on Thursday. Sabale secured the first place with a time of eight minutes 20.92 seconds (8: 20.92 seconds). This is his second medal in the Asian Championships. Earlier, he won the silver medal in 2019.

Earlier, Dinaram won the gold medal in this event in 1989 for India. Harbel Singh was the first Indian to win the gold medal in the steeplechase event in 1975. Japan’s Yutaro Ninae won the silver medal with 8: 24.41 seconds. He was leading at the beginning of the last lap, but the Indian player made a great effort and left him behind and won the gold medal.

Zakaria Elahlami of Qatar won the bronze medal with a time of 8: 27.12 seconds. Earlier, Rinins Joseph, Dharamvir Chaudhary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji and Mohit Kumar’s four times the 400 meter Mains relay team entered the final. The Indian quartet scored a three -minute 6.28 seconds of his best to top his heat (early race).

In the heat, India qualified for the final by beating China (three minutes 6.79 seconds) and hosts Korea (three minutes 10.05 seconds). Sri Lanka took the fastest three minutes of the session 1.56 seconds. In the final of the women’s 10,000 meter race, India’s Sanjeevani Jadhav finished fifth in the 33 minutes 8.17 seconds to finish fifth while Seema finished sixth from 33 minutes 08.23 seconds.

In this event, Kazakhstan’s Daisy Jepkami (30 minutes 48.44 seconds) won the gold medal. Japan’s Reark Hironika (30 minutes 56.32 seconds) and Mikuni Yada (31 minutes 12.21 seconds) finished second and third respectively.