Avinash Sable to train under Belarusian coach Nikolai Snesarev

NEW DELHI: Avinash Sable, national record holder in the men's 3,000m steeplechaser who has qualified for this year's Olympic Games, will train under Belarusian Nikolai Snesarev, a middle and long distance expert, from next month.

The 26-year-old from Indian Army had clocked 8 minutes 21.37 seconds at the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships to better the Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 8 minutes 22 seconds. The Maharashtra runner will train at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centre in Bengaluru. Sable had been training under Army coach Amrish Kumar for four years. IANS

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