Avinash Sable (Athletics)
A soldier in the Indian Army’s Mahar Regiment, Sable got a late start to athletics, beginning formal training when he was 21. However, just three years after he started, he broke the Indian national record in the 3000m steeplechase when he erased the 37year-old mark of Gopal Saini in 201■. He would subsequently break the national record on seven other occasions. A former silver medallist at the 2019 Asian Championships, the 27-year-old is also the first Indian track athlete to reach the final of two World Championships.