Avinash Sable breaks his personal record to win India's historic silver medal at Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in 3000m steeplechase event. Sable missed the gold medal by just 0.05 second.
This is also the ninth time Sable broke the national record. Kenya's Abraham Kibiwot won the gold medal with a time of 8:11:15.
In the last 10 editions, this is the first time a non-Kenyan athlete has finished on the podium.
The 27-year-old Sable clocked 8:11.20s to better his earlier national record of 8:12.48. Another Kenyan Amos Serem took the bronze with a time of 8:16.83.
Kibiwot had finished fifth in the World Championships in Eugene, USA, last month with a time of 8:28.95s while Sable had ended a disappointing 11th, clocking 8:28.95s in the slowest ever 3000m steeplechase in the history of the showpiece.
With the silver, Sable made amends for his disappointing performance in the World Championships.
A farmer's son from Mandwa village in Maharashtra's Beed district, the Indian Armyman had the satisfaction of beating World Championships bronze medallist Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya who finished sixth here with a time of 8:34.96.
Sable, who has earlier served at the Siachen Glaciers before taking to athletics, has been on a national record breaking spree in recent times. He had clocked 8:12.48 when he finished fifth at the prestigious Diamond League Meeting in Rabat last month.
