Avinash Sable Picks Up Minor Injury In Monaco, Coach Assures Fast Recovery

Last Updated:July 13, 2025, 18:53 IST

Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable sustained a minor injury during the Monaco Diamond League but his coach has given a positive update.

Avinash Sable suffered a nasty fall in the Monaco Diamond League (Picture credit: AFP)

Seasoned Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable sustained a minor injury due to a nasty fall during the Monaco Diamond League two days ago, but he will recover quickly, his long-time coach Amrish Kumar said on Sunday.

Asian Games champion and national record holder Sable failed to finish the men’s 3000m steeplechase event on Friday as he fell during the water jump early in the race. He was seen clutching his lower thigh area just behind the knee as he left the race.

“Sable has suffered a minor injury around the knee. He will take rest and should be fine in one or two weeks at the maximum. It is nothing much to worry about," Kumar, who is with the Army Sports Institute in Pune, told PTI.

“He (Sable) was trying to protect the runner ahead of him who had just jumped over the water barrier. In doing so, he fell himself, these kinds of things happen in a race," he added.

The athlete ahead of him lost balance and went down, causing Sable to stumble as well.

It was Kumar who discovered Sable after he joined the Indian Army in 2012. Kumar had Sable shift to steeplechase from cross country running in 2017 and nurtured him into a top athlete.

With just one point from three DL meetings this season, it will be difficult for the 30-year-old Sable to qualify for the DL Finals on August 27-28 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Sable, whose national record stands at 8 minutes 09.91 seconds, finished 13th in the Xiamen DL on April 16, was eighth in Keqiao – also in China – before a DNF in Monaco on Friday.

The last DL meeting featuring the men’s 3000m steeplechase is in Brussels on August 22.

On Friday, the sports ministry approved Sable’s training in Colorado Springs, USA from July 15 to September 3 to prepare for the World Championships (September 13-21) in Tokyo, for which he has already qualified.

(With PTI Inputs)

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