Live streaming, Xiamen Diamond League 2023: Avinash Sable’s last chance to qualify for finals - where to watch
Indian triple jumpers Praveen Chitravel and Abdulla Aboobacker will also be in action in the athletics meet in China. Watch live!
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India’s Avinash Sable will compete in the men’s 3000m steeplechase while Praveen Chitravel and Abdulla Aboobacker will be in action in the triple jump event at the Xiamen Diamond League 2023 in the People’s Republic of China on Saturday.
The Xiamen Diamond League 2023 will be live streamed in India.
The athletics meet was originally scheduled to be held in another Chinese city, Shenzhen, but was later shifted to Xiamen. It is the 12th and the penultimate leg of the Diamond League 2023 season before the Brussels meet on September 7.
The Diamond League 2023 season will conclude with the finals at Eugene, the USA, on September 16 and 17.
Avinash Sable, the national record holder in the men’s 5000m and 3000m steeplechase, will be participate in his fourth Diamond League event of the season at Xiamen.
In his previous Diamond League outing in Silesia, Poland, back in July, the 28-year-old Sable breached the Paris 2024 Olympics entry standards after finishing sixth with a time of 8.11:63s.
Earlier, the Indian athlete finished 10th at the Rabat leg before finishing in the top five in Stockholm in July.
Sable is currently tied at 10th place in the Diamond League 2023 men’s 3000m steeplechase rankings with seven points. Athletes are awarded points for their performances at each Diamond League meet. The top six in each event qualify for the final. The winner of the final in each event receives a Diamond League trophy.
Men’s 3000m steeplechase is not a part of the Brussels leg, and hence, the Xiamen meet will be the last chance for Avinash Sable to qualify for the finals in Eugene. India’s Neeraj Chopra and Murali Sreeshankar have already made the cut for the men’s javelin throw and long jump finals, respectively.
In Xiamen, Sable will be part of a stacked men’s 3000m steeplechase field. The entry list includes Soufiane El Bakkali, the reigning Olympic, world and Diamond League champion and Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medallist Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya.
Praveen Chitravel will be participating in his second Diamond League event of the season. The 22-year-old Chithravel, the Indian national record holder in men’s triple jump, finished sixth on his Diamond League debut at Monaco in July.
The 27-year-old Abdulla Aboobaker will be competing in his second Diamond League event. Aboobaker made his debut at the Florence Diamond League in June, where he finished sixth with a best jump of 16.37m.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and world champion Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso and Italy’s Andy Díaz Hernandez, the reigning Diamond League champion, will be part of the nine-man triple jump field in Xiamen.
The Xiamen Diamond League will feature 13 events and will be held at the Egret Stadium.
Where to watch Xiamen Diamond League 2023 live in India
Live streaming of the Xiamen Diamond League 2023 athletics will be available on JioCinema. The Xiamen Diamond League will be telecast live on the Sports18 TV channel in India.