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Star Indian athlete, Avinash Sable is all set to join India’s ‘Golden Boy’ and 2024 Paris Olympics silver medallist, Neeraj Chopra at the Diamond League Final in Brussels. The final of the Diamond League is set to be played in Brussels on Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14.
India’s top steeplechaser, Sable earned a qualification after finishing among the 12 athletes in the rankings after the completion of the stages ahead of the finale. The Indian track and field athlete, who hails from the Beed district of Maharashtra, will make his debut after etching his national record at the Paris Diamond League 2024 with a timing of 8:09.91 seconds.
Sable to join top-ranked steeplechasers on his Diamond League Final debut
The 29-year-old athlete finished 14th overall in the Diamond League standings with three points. But luck favoured him as four higher ranked athletes in the event, including Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma, New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish, Japan’s Ryui Mura and Hillary Bor from the USA will not be competing in the event. This gave an opportunity to Sable to feature in final list of 12 athletes.
Speaking of Sable, the 29-year-old earned his qualification in the final after earning points from two races. His standout performance came at the Paris edition on July 7, ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. In the Silesia leg of the Diamond League, Sable finished 14th with a timing of 8:29.96. AT the Paris Olympics, he became the first ever Indian to qualify for the Summer Games final in men’s 3000m steeplechase.
