Tokyo Olympics-bound 26-year-old Avinash Sable has become the first Indian to run a half marathon (21.09 km) under sixty-one minutes. Sable, who finished 10th overall at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, clocked 1:00:30 seconds with the next Indian runner Srinu Bugatha clocking 1:04:16 seconds. The earlier national half marathon record was 1:03:46 seconds in the name of Kalidas Hirave.