Avinash Sable becomes fastest Indian to run 5,000 metres, breaks 30-year-old record

Runner Avinash Sable has become the fastest Indian to run 5,000 metres. The 27-year-old achieved the feat by clocking 13:25.65 at the Sound Running Track Meet in the US. He broke the national record set by Bahadur Prasad, who had clocked 13:29.70 in June 1992 at Barcelona Olympics. Sable finished 12th at the meet in San Juan Capistrano.