India&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/sable-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Avinash Sable</a> finished 11th in the final of the men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase event with a disappointing show on the fourth day of competitions at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/world-athletics-championships-2022-yulimar-rojas-wins-gold-in-triple-jump-for-the-third-time-23236701" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">World Championships</a> here.
The 27-year-old Sable clocked 8:31.75, way below his season&rsquo;s and personal best of 8:12.48, which is a national record.
It was, however, the slowest 3000m steeplechase final race in World Championships history with all the three medal winners clocking way below their season&rsquo;s and personal best. The runners ran a tactical race with medal in mind.
Morocco&rsquo;s Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali, who has a season leading time of 7:58.28, won the gold, clocking 8:25.13, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Lamecha Girma (SB: 7:58.68), who won silver in both the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/tokyo-chosen-to-host-2025-track-world-championships-23236034" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Tokyo</a> Games and last World Championships, finished second in 8:26.01.
Kenya&rsquo;s defending champion Conseslus Kipruto (SB: 8:08.76) was third with a time of 8:27.92. Kipruto had won gold in the last edition with a time of 8:01.35.\
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Sable had qualified for the final after finishing third in Heat No.3 and seventh overall with a time of 8:18.75.
He had finished 13th in the last edition of the championships in Doha in 2019 with the then national record time of 8:21.37.
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The 27-year-old Sable clocked 8:31.75, way below his season’s and personal best of 8:12.48, which is a national record

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