Panchkula
Military’s 29 years previous Asian Video games champion Avinash Sable was a snug winner within the males’s 3,000m steeplechase right here on Saturday on the penultimate day of the Nationwide Inter State Senior Athletics Championships. On his option to profitable the gold medal, Sable clocked 8:31.75 to enhance his personal meet file of 8:33.19 seconds recorded in 2019.
The versatile distance runner had clocked 8:11.63 final yr in Poland which was higher than the Paris Olympic Video games qualification time of 8:15 within the 3,000 steeplechase.
Saturday’s race in Panchkula, Sable mentioned, was a part of his preparation for the Olympic Video games in France. “I didn’t push as there was no competitors,” Sable mentioned of the straightforward win, including his foremost goal was to peak on the Olympic Video games. “I’ll peak on the proper time,” he added. “I’ll compete within the Paris Diamond League in France on July 7. It is going to be my ultimate race earlier than the Olympic Video games.”
Asian Video games champion, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Parul Chaudhary had been amongst a number of Paris Olympic Video games hopefuls who examined their expertise at this time.
Toor was the straightforward winner in males’s shot put whereas Parul dominated the ladies’s 3,000m steeplechase.
The Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya additionally unveiled the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) new brand in presence of AFI president Adille Sumariwalla. The minister mentioned youth of the nation have potential to excel on the world stage. “The preparation of the Indian contingent has been good. We’re hopeful of fine efficiency in France,” the sports activities minister added.
Outcomes
Males:
3,000m steeplechase: Avinash Sable (Maharashtra) 8:31.75 seconds, Sumit Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 8:46.93 seconds, Shankar Swami (Haryana) 8:47.05 seconds.
Pole vault: Yugendran R (Tamil Nadu) 5m, M Gowtham (Tamil Nadu) 4.90m, Lakshay (Haryana) 4.90m.
Shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 19.93m, Samardeep Gill (Madhya Pradesh) 19.68m, Aryan Tyagi (Uttar Pradesh) 18.02m.
Hammer throw: Praveen Kumar (Rajasthan) 68.76m, Damneet Singh (Punjab) 66.40m, Mohammad Shahban (Uttar Pradesh) 65.02m.
Lengthy soar: Arya S (Karnataka) 7.78m, Jeswin Aldrin (Tamil Nadu) 7.75m, Aravinth E (Tamil Nadu) 7.73m.
Excessive soar: Sarvesh Kushare (Maharashtra) 2.25m, Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi) 2.21m, Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.18m.
Girls:
Parul Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 9:45.70 seconds, Komal Jagadale (Maharashtra) 10:12.64 seconds, Chhavi Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:13.58 seconds.
Discus throw: Seema (Haryana) 57.19m, Nidhi (Haryana) 52.06m, Priti (Rajasthan) 49.40m.