India’s Avinash Sable has qualified for the final round of the Men’s 3000 metre steeple chase as he finished in the fifth spot. The final will be held on Aug. 7
The Indian athlete started the race strongly being at the front for the first 1000 metres. However, he fell behind his opponents afterwards. Despite facing a slight hiccup in one of the hurdles, he finishes at five and advances through to the final round.
Avinash clocked 8:15.43s (PB: 8:09.91) to finish 5th and qualify for the finals.
Injured Nisha Dahiya lost in the women’s 68kg freestyle quarter-final 8-10 to North Korea’s Pak Sol Gum on Monday.
Earlier, Lakshya Sen lost his bronze medal match against Lee Zii Jia in the men’s singles competition. Lakshya lost in a 3-game battle, 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 while Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh finished fourth in mixed-team skeet shooting.
