Avinash Sable and France’s Nicolas-Marie Daru fall as U.S.’ Matthew Wilkinson (R) runs previous within the males’s 3000m steeplechase occasion of the Diamond League athletics assembly on the Louis II stadium in Monaco on July 11, 2025.
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Seasoned Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable failed to complete after struggling a nasty fall however fast-rising sprinter Animesh Kujur continued his worldwide development by ending a creditable fourth within the Beneath-23 200m occasion of the Monaco Diamond League right here.
Olympian and nationwide record-holder Sable was anticipating a top-five end in his favorite 3000m occasion however suffered a fall that resulted in seen discomfort fairly early within the race on Friday (July 11, 2025) night time.
The reigning Asian champion limped off the observe and the extent of his harm will not be but identified.
The 30-year-old has already certified for the Tokyo World Championships in September however has not fairly hit his greatest kind this yr, ending thirteenth and eighth in his earlier two Diamond League appearances.
Soufiane el Bakkali of Morocco received the race in a time of 8:01.18 seconds whereas Ryuji Miura of Japan was second clocking 8:03.43 in a subject of 19 runners. Kenya’s Edmund Serim was third (8:04.00 seconds).
Nonetheless, Kujur got here up with one other impressed exhibiting within the Beneath-23 200m occasion, clocking 20.55 seconds.
Working in opposition to a prime subject, the 22-year-old from Chhattisgarh held his personal as Australian teen prodigy Gout Gout blazed to the highest spot with 20.10s.
Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinathshipi (20.28s) and South Africa’s Naeem Jack (20.42s) accomplished the highest three finishes.
Kujur, who holds the Indian nationwide file within the 200m at 20.32s, has emerged as one of many nation’s brightest dash hopes in current months.
Simply final weekend, he smashed the nationwide 100m file with a ten.18s sprint on the Dromia Worldwide Dash and Relays Meet in Greece, eclipsing the earlier mark held by his relay teammate Gurindervir Singh.
Earlier this season, he additionally clocked 20.27s in Geneva — the quickest 200m ever run by an Indian.
Born in a tribal village in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, Kujur’s fast rise has injected contemporary hope into Indian males’s sprinting.
He’s now eyeing the powerful 20.16s qualifying mark for the World Championships in Tokyo this September and has vowed to interrupt the 10-second barrier within the 100m occasion.
Revealed – July 12, 2025 12:10 pm IST
