Asian Games 2023: This is India’s fourth medal in athletics i.e. track and field in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Earlier, Kiran Baliyan had won bronze in women’s shot put, Karthik Kumar had won silver in men’s 10 thousand meter race and Gulveer Singh had won bronze.
India’s star athlete Avinash Sable has created history. He has won the gold medal for India in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Hangzhou Asian Games. This is the first gold in this event.
The Asian Games started in 1951 and since then the 3000 meter steeplechase (men) competition had started, but no athlete from India had won gold in it.
Avinash Sable ended this wait. This is India’s fourth medal in athletics i.e. track and field in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Earlier, Kiran Baliyan had won bronze in women’s shot put, Karthik Kumar had won silver in men’s 10 thousand meter race and Gulveer Singh had won bronze.
Asian Games 2023: Avinash won gold with a timing of 8:19:50.
Avinash won the gold with a time of 8:19:50. However, the feat he accomplished in the last 100 meters was rarely seen before in the history of these games. The time of 8:19:50 has also become the Asian Games world record.
Asian Games 2023: Avinash created history in Asian Games 2023.
Avinash is India’s first medalist in 3000 meter steeplechase (men) in the history of Commonwealth Games. He won a silver medal in Birmingham in 2022. At the same time, he is India’s first gold medal winning athlete in the men’s 3000 steeplechase in the Asian Games. He won the last 100 meters by a margin of 4.25 seconds over the second placed athlete.