Sable Sets National Record, Misses Final in 3,000 m Steeplechase

Sable, who used to run six kilometres a day to get to school as a child, improved on his own record of 8:29.18 set in Bhubaneswar in 2018. The 26-year-old Armyman had clocked 8:21.37 in the Asian Championships in Doha in 2019 but that has not been ratified till now.

Sable completed the first 1,000m in 2 minutes 46.5 seconds and the next one kilometre in 2:47 and the last 1,000m in 2:44.7, thus improving upon his national record by a big margin. But he was unfortunate to miss a spot in the final by just 0.81 seconds.