: World Athletics C’ships: Sreeshankar in long jump final; Avinash Sable in 3000m steeplechase final #IndiaNEWS Avinash Sable qualified for the final of the men’s 3000m steeplechase event after finishing

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

World Athletics C’ships: Sreeshankar in long jump final; Avinash Sable in 3000m steeplechase final #IndiaNEWS
Avinash Sable qualified for the final of the men’s 3000m steeplechase event after finishing third in his heat at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. The runner from Beed clocked in 8:18.75 in heat 3 to automatically qualify for the final.Sable’s 8:18.75 saw him finish seventh overall with Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali topping the qualifiers with a time of 8:16.65.M Sreeshankar became the first Indian man to qualify for the long jump final while Jeswin Aldrin and Muhammed Anees Yahiya missed out.With only Tokyo Olympics finallist Yuki Hashioka (8.18m) and USA’s Marquis Dendy (8.16m) jumping over the qualifying mark of 8.15m, Sreeshankar’s second jump of 8m saw him qualify as the seventh-best jumper.Tokyo Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou and Tokyo finalist Eusebio Caceres qualified for the finals with identical jumps of 8.03m. 2021 Diamond League final winner Thobias Montler (8.10m) and 2021 European U23 champion Simon Ehammer (8.09m) were the other jumpers who breached the 8m mark.The men’s long jump final will take place at 6.50am IST on July 17 while the men’s 3000m steeplechase final will get underway at 7.50am IST on July 19. Men's long jump qualifiers Pos Heat Name Nat Result Detail Wind 1 A Yuki HASHIOKA JPN 8.18 Q +0.4 2 A Marquis DENDY USA 8.16 Q...Read more

Intraday stocks under 50 NSE India Twitter of India

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!