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Avinash Sable (R) in motion at Paris Olympics 2024© AFP
Avinash Sable turned the primary Indian man to qualify for the 3000m steeplechase ultimate after ending fifth in his warmth however quartermiler Kiran Pahal didn’t guide an automated semi-final berth in ladies’s 400m following a seventh place end in her warmth on the Paris Olympics on Monday. Sable, simply essentially the most adorned monitor and area athlete after Neeraj Chopra within the present contingent, timed 8:15.43 minutes to complete fifth within the second warmth to make it to the ultimate spherical. As per rule, the highest 5 athletes in every of the three heats qualify for the ultimate. Nonetheless, Sable’s warmth timing was properly beneath his finest effort of 8:09.91 minutes, which he had clocked on the Paris Diamond League final month.
Sable’s warmth was received by Morocco’s Mohamed Tindouft with a timing of 8:10.62 minutes, whereas Samuel Firewu of Ethiopia with 8:11.61 minutes got here second. Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya (8:12.02 minutes) was third, whereas Ryuji Miura of Japan got here fourth. He clocked 8:12.41 minutes.
Actually, if one takes under consideration the timings of all of the 15 finalists, Sable is fifth because the second warmth qualifiers had the most effective timing. The Indian led within the first two laps however after that slowed down a bit working a extra technical race with an eye fixed to qualify for the ultimate spherical. Even when he slowed down, he by no means was out of the main pack which ultimately remained the identical. Earlier, Kiran, who turned 24 on Monday, clocked 52.51 seconds which was properly beneath her season’s and private finest of fifty.92 seconds.
World champion Marileidy Paulino of Dominica received the warmth with a time of 49.42, adopted by Aaliyah Butler (50.52) of USA and Susanne Gogl-Walli (50.67) of Austria.
Prime three in every of the six heats superior to semifinal. All of the others — aside from DNS (Did Not Begin), DNF (Did Not End) and DQ (Disqualified)– moved to the repechage spherical to be held on Tuesday.
Pahal had made direct qualification to Paris Olympics after clocking her private finest of fifty.92 seconds within the Nationwide Inter-State Championships in June, A repechage spherical was launched in Paris Olympics to all particular person monitor occasions from 200m to 1500m, together with the hurdles occasions. The brand new format changed the sooner one the place some athletes superior to the semifinals by means of quickest instances along with the highest placings within the first spherical heats.
As a substitute, solely the athletes within the prime placings will get automated qualification and all of the remaining will get a second probability to qualify for the semi-finals by collaborating in repechage heats.
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