Question: Which Indian athlete has set a new national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event?
(a) Lalita Babar
(b) Sudha Singh
(c) Naveen Kumar
(d) Avinash Sable
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- The Indian athlete Avinash Sable set a new national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event with timing of 8:20.20.
- He clicked the record time in the ongoing Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala.
- Achieving the feat, he broke his own record of 8:21.37 set in 2019, after finishing 13th in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
- The 26-year old army man from the arid Beed district of Maharashtra broke the national record for the fifth time in his career.
- Sable has already secured a berth in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in men’s 3000m steeplechase during the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay