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Indian 3000m steeplechasers Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary are sweating it out hard, practicing in a facility at St Moritz in Switzerland ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, scheduled to start on July 26 and conclude on August 11.
Most recently, Avinash Sable broke the national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event for the 10th time at the Paris Diamond League 2024, clocking 8:09.91 seconds, beating his own national record of 8:11.20 seconds, created at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 with a silver medal.
The Asian Games gold medallist settled for the sixth spot at the Diamond League. Abrham Sime from Ethiopia emerged first with his personal best of 8:02.36. Amos Serem from Kenya settled for second rank, while World Championships 2023 bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwot from Kenya bagged bronze, clocking 8:06.70 seconds.
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“Avinash aur Parul daud rahe hain #JeetKiAur #TrainingDiaries #TOPSchemeAthletes Avinash Sable & Parul Chaudhary are sweating it out at the scenic training facility based in St. Moritz, Switzerland, ahead of their big performance at #ParisOlympics2024,” posted SAI Media on X.
Avinash Sable competed in three 3000m steeplechase competitions in 2024
Avinash initiated the ongoing season, finishing at the second spot at the Portland Track Festival in Orlando, USA, clocking 8:21.85 seconds. Later, he secured the gold medal at the National Inter-State Championships in June, clocking 8:31.75 seconds.
He created a national record on 10 instances and secured the Asian Games 2023 gold medal and a Commonwealth Games silver medal, making him one of the biggest medal hopes for India at the Games in Paris.
On the other hand, Parual also secured a gold medal in the women’s 5000m event at the Asian Games in 2023 and clinched a silver medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event.
Most recently this month, she finished in the sixth position in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event at the Gyulai István Memorial in Hungary, clocking 9:35.66 seconds. However, that effort from her was far away from her personal best of 9:15.31 seconds.
