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India's Avinash Sable finished 11th in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event at the World Athletics Championship 2022 in Hayward Field, Oregon.
Sable clocked a timing of 8:31.75 in the finals, while he had finished third in his heat with a timing of 8:18.75 to qualify for the main race of the men’s 3000m steeplechase.
It was a slow race overall as Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morroco won the race with a timing of 8:25.13. Lamecha Girma of Ethpisa who won the silver at the 2020 Olympics came second with a timing of 8:26.01. Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto, who won the world championship in 2019, came third and clocked a timing of 8:27.92.
Avinash Sable was struck at the tail-end of a rather slow Oregon men's 3000m Steeplechase final and finished 11th in 8:31.75. Those making the mistake of comparing his National Record time would do well to look at the times by the medallists, too. #India #Athletics @CircleofS pic.twitter.com/JheNxnco4c
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) July 19, 2022
Sable, 11th place finish in the finals however is an improvement on his 2019 performance at the Worlds where he had finished 13th with a timing of 8:21.37.
The 27-year-old Maharashtra athlete also holds the national record in 3000m steeplechase with timing of 8.12:48, which he achieved at the Rabat Diamond League in June.
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