Olympian Avinash Sable, Indian ace steeplechase runner, began his 2025 outdoor season at the first Diamond League meeting of the year in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. He clocked a time of 8:22.59s to finish in 13th position in the final of the men’s steeplechase event, which was incidentally the second best among the Asian runners after Ryuji Miura (8:10.11s) of Japan, who finished sixth. This was Sable’s first event after the Diamond League final last year, where he finished in 9th position with a time of 8:17.09s. Miura and Sable now hold the top two positions on the Asian charts for the year thus far in the discipline. Samuel Firewu clinched the title in Xiamen with a meet record timing of 8:05.61s, finishing ahead of the Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco (8:06.66s), who finished second. 🚨#News l Avinash Mukund Sable secured 13th place in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Xiamen Diamond League 2025. The Indian national record holder Avinash clocked 8:22.59s which is his season best👏 📷: Instagram#Athletics pic.twitter.com/Ru0CTwFRah — The …