Avinash Sable to play in Diamond League Finals for the first time: Qualified by withdrawal of top-4 players; The event will be played on September 13

India's middle distance runner Avinash Sable will compete in the Diamond League final for the first time. He is the second Indian to reach the final of this league. Before that, Neeraj Chopra had participated in this event. 29-year-old Avinash will present the Indian challenge in the 3000m steeplechase event. Its event will be held on Friday, September 13th. Sable has participated in 2 of the five Diamond League events this season and is 14th in the table with 3 points. But, 4 players ranked higher than him withdrew their names. With this, Sable entered the finals with 12 players. Star javelin thrower Neeraj has already qualified for this season's finals. The final of the 2-day Diamond League is going to be held in Brussels. The winning athlete receives the coveted Diamond Trophy, $30,000 in prize money and a wild card entry to the World Athletics Championships. While the runner-up gets $12,000 and the eighth-place finisher $1,000. Indian athletes break their own national record in Paris in Diamond League final Men's 3000m steeplechase event featured 5 out of 14 Diamond League events this season. Sable finished sixth in the Paris stage of the Diamond League on 7 July with a time of 8:09.91 minutes. He broke his own national record. He was 14th (8:29.96 minutes) in the Silesia stage on 25 August. Sable reaches Paris Olympics final Sable reached the men's 3000m steeplechase final at the Paris Olympics, but failed to impress with his performance. At the Paris Olympics, he finished 11th with a time of 8:14.18 minutes. Neeraj qualifies with 15 points 5 days ago, double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra qualified for the Diamond League finals by finishing fourth in the overall table. They earned 14 points for finishing second in each event held in Doha and Lausanne. Read full news…

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