Sable avenged his world championship heartbreak where he had failed to reach the final because of a stumble, with a gold medal in Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday.

He finished the race with a timing of 8:19.50, shattering Hossein Kheyani's 2018 record of 8:22.79.

Unlike his energy conserving strategy in World championships, this time around Sable raced ahead and built a distance between himself and the rest of the field. At the final 50m of the race he looked back to see if anyone was close to him, however the other contenders were way off his pace and he won by an overwhelming distance.

Sable not only brought India’s 12th gold medal at this edition of the Asian Games but also the first ever track and field gold.