<img style="float: left;" title="Ashwin Ferro" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/oct/ashwin-asiangames-op_e.jpg" alt="Ashwin Ferro" width="150" height="47" />Maharashtra&rsquo;s army man <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/avinash-sable-finishes-10th-in-3000m-steeplechase-at-rabat-diamond-league-23289257" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Avinash Sable</a>, 28, dominated his way to winning India&rsquo;s first athletics gold medal (steeplechase) of this Asiad, clocking a new Games Record of 8:19.50 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre, on Sunday.&nbsp;
Sable also became first Indian man to win an <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/shot-videos/asian-games-2023-esha-singh-becomes-the-first-indian-woman-shooter-to-bag-4-medals-0" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Asian Games</a> 3000m steeplechase title.&nbsp;
Japan&rsquo;s Ryoma Ayoki (8:23.75) took a distant silver, while his compatriot Seiya Sunada (8:26.47) won bronze.
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<img title="Avinash Sable celebrates after winning 3000m steeplechase gold at Hangzhou, China, yesterday. Pic/PTI" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2023/oct/Avinash-Sable-two-oct_e.jpg" alt="Avinash Sable celebrates after winning 3000m steeplechase gold at Hangzhou, China, yesterday. Pic/PTI" width="1280" height="720" />Avinash Sable celebrates after winning 3000m steeplechase gold at Hangzhou, China, yesterday. Pic/PTI
Last month, Sable had failed to qualify for the final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, finishing seventh in the heats, with a timing of 8:22.24. While he bettered that here, given his national record stands at 8:11.20 and season&rsquo;s best is 8:11.63, he realised that he was way off, but insisted it&rsquo;s with good reason. &ldquo;After five laps, when I looked up and saw that the second guy was far away from me, I decided to slow down and take it easy. I thought since this is the last race of the season, instead of running for a better timing, I&rsquo;ll run for a gold medal,&rdquo; said Sable, a Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver medallist, who trains at USA&rsquo;s Colorado Springs under coach Scott Simon. &ldquo;After what happened at the Worlds in Budapest, I was determined to win a gold here at any cost. With that target achieved, now I will work towards achieving my qualification for next year&rsquo;s all-important Paris Olympics,&rdquo; said Sable, with an emphatic &ldquo;Jai Maharashtra&rdquo; to mid-day as he ran off to get ready for the medal ceremony.&nbsp;

Army man from Maharashtra clocks new Asiad time of 8:19.50 to bag India’s first athletics gold this Asian Games

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