Tokyo: Avinash Sable Crushed 3000m Steeplechase National Record itself but failed to qualify for the final while Sprinty Dutee Chand produced performance under par to do out of the Olympics here on Friday.
MP Jabir also raised the back on the 400m man’s obstacle when Indians made the early disappointing for their athletic campaigns.
The 26-year-old Sable failed to qualify for the final despite recording a better time than the top three in other hot races.
He recorded 8 minutes 18.12 seconds in hot number 2 to complete the seventh and better his previous national record 8: 20.20 which he had set during the Federation Cup in March.
But he was not lucky to miss the chopped final only because only three finishers from each heater got an automatic entry.
Three-three from heat number 3 ran slower than him.
Fifteen athletes – the three best in each of the three heat and the next six fastest athletes in all heat who qualified – qualify for the final.
Sable ends seventh next best in all heat who qualifies and overall the 13th.
Dute was not near the best when he recorded 11.54 seconds in 100m, far outside his national record 11.17 seconds – also the best season – to complete the seventh in hot 5 and 45 of 54 competitors.
The first three in each of the seven heat and the next three fastest increases to the semifinals.
The 25-year-old player qualifies for the Olympics based on the world ranking, cannot violate automatic qualification marks of 11.15 seconds.
He also qualified for the Olympics in the 200m race based on the world ranking.
Jabir disappointed when he ended seventh and last in hot number 5, recorded 50.77 seconds for the overall 33rd position of 36 competitors.
The 25-year-old Indian has the best of 49.13 seconds.
The first four finisher in each of the five heat and the next four fastest in all qualifications heated up to the semifinals.
Sable Betters have a national record but skip the final steeplechase
