Asian champion and two-time Olympian Avinash Sable will compete in the 3000m steeplechase race at the Monaco Diamond League 2025 at the Stade Louis II Stadium in Fontvieille on Friday.
Avinash Sable’s event at the Monaco Diamond League 2025 athletics meet will start from 1:04 AM Indian Standard Time (IST) on Saturday and will be available to watch on live streaming in India.
The Monaco Diamond League will be the first time that Avinash Sable will be returning to the track after winning the Asian steeplechase title in May.
This will be Avinash Sable’s third Diamond League meet this season. His first appearance of the season came at the Xiamen Diamond League in the People’s Republic of China in April.
The Indian athlete finished 13th in Xiamen after clocking 8:22.59s before coming in at eighth spot with a time of 8:23.85s in the Shanghai Diamond League in May.
However, Avinash Sable, in a recent interview, revealed that he was competing with a calf and hamstring injury, which may have contributed to his below-par showings in the two Diamond League meetings.
“Last-minute pull-outs from such big events send the wrong message, so I decided to go on with it despite the injury. I had a calf injury, and there was a lot of pain in my right calf and hamstring. But now I have recovered,” Sable was quoted saying by Indian Express last month.
The Monaco leg will be the 10th of the 15 meets that make up a Diamond League 2025 season, which is scheduled to culminate with a two-day final in Zurich in August.
Avinash Sable, who currently holds the national record in the 3000m steeplechase, will compete against a stacked field that includes the USA’s Kenneth Rooks and Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot – the silver and bronze medallists, respectively, from the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ethiopia’s Samuel Firewu, who won the Xiamen Diamond League, and Germany’s Karl Bebendorf, the Stockholm meet winner, are also in the mix.
Monaco Diamond League 2025: Men’s 3000m steeplechase entry list
Daniel Arce (Spain), Nicolas-Marie Daru (France), Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia), Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui (Tunisia), Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya), Simon Kiprop Koech (Kenya), Ryuji Miura (Japan), Avinash Sable (India), Edmund Serem (Kenya), Alexis Miellet (France), Djilali Bedrani (France), Karl Bebendorf (Germany), Salaheddine Ben Yazide (Morocco), James Corrigan (USA), Faid El Mostafa (Morocco), Kenneth Rooks (USA), Frederik Ruppert (Germany), Getnet Wale (Ethiopia), Matthew Wilkinson (USA)
Animesh Kujur vs Gout Gout in U23 200m race
Barring Sable’s 3000m steeplechase, Indian sprinter Animresh Kujur will also be seen in action in a U23 men’s 200m pre-programme race at Monaco, which starts at the Stade Louis II Stadium from 11:17 PM IST on Friday.
However, the race is not a Diamond League event.
Animesh Kujur, who recently added the men’s 100m national record to his name and already holds the 200m mark of 20.32s, will get an opportunity to go up against rising global sprint star Gout Gout, who is often dubbed as the next Usain Bolt, at Monaco.
Where to watch Monaco Diamond League 2025 live in India
Live streaming of the Monaco Diamond League 2025 athletics meet will be on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel. The Monaco Diamond League will not be telecast live on any TV channels in India.
Avinash Sable’s men’s 3000m race is scheduled to start at 1:04 AM IST on Saturday. Animesh Kujur’s U23 200m race is scheduled for 11:17 PM IST on Friday.