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India’s lone World Championships medallist feels that Neeraj could win gold and that Sreeshankar’s medal chances look bright

Steeplechaser Avinash Sable has experienced the highs and braved the lows, transforming into a runner with a single-minded focus on performance. He may not be the poster boy of Indian athletics yet, but he is one of the country’s few genuine medal prospects on the world stage

Indian track and field athlete Avinash Sable created history at the Sound Running Track meet in San Juan Capistrano, where he smashed a 30-year-old record set by Bahadur Prasad in 1992 in the 5000m category.

Sable, who also holds the national record in his pet event of 3000m steeplechase, clocked 13 minutes and 25.65 seconds while finishing 12th in the American Meet

Avinash Sable set a men's 3000m Steeplechase National Record to headline a string of good performances in the Indian Grand Prix 2 Athletics competition here at the Chandrasekharan Nair Police Stadium on Wednesday.