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The Hindu
7 hours ago
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- The Hindu
SAI Centre Bengaluru the go-to venue for Indian athletes seeking world-class facilities
From a modest training base with limited facilities to being responsible for implementing all SAI schemes across three states and holding National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs) for hockey, athletics and volleyball, financial and professional impetus has made the Netaji Subhash Southern Centre the go-to venue for athletes seeking world-class facilities at home. With a cumulative investment exceeding INR 140 crore, the Sports Authority of India's Southern Centre has undergone a major transformation in the last decade. Besides the three NCOEs for comprehensive training across age-groups, the centre also hosts national camps in table tennis, kabaddi and water polo, and conducts academic programmes in 11 disciplines. The 3000m steeplechase national record holder Avinash Sable said the venue had always helped him perform well at major competitions. 'I came here for the first time in 2017 and things have changed a lot. The recovery centre is new, there are two synthetic tracks, experts for physiotherapy, medicine, biomechanics. I have trained abroad also but no facility has so many things together at one place. I have always performed well after training here,' he said. READ | Fit again, Avinash Sable targets sub-8 steeplechase mark in 2025 The centre today has a state-of-the-art sports science centre with labs for biomechanics, sports medicine and sports psychology equipped with some of the latest testing and training machines from across the world. Out in the field, the athletics stadium boasts of a smart track with sensors that can gather and analyse data of every stride, exclusive strength and conditioning area, recovery room and modern changing rooms for hockey with more facilities planned in the near future including exclusive testing machines for para-athletes. P. V. Sindhu, who came for isokinetic testing, was appreciative of the facilities. 'I have come here a couple of times and SAI has always been very helpful. My father also used to come here as a player and things have changed completely since then,' she admitted. The biggest change, however, has been in the diet department with the centre boasting of a state-of-the-art research kitchen headed by Chef Jeyraj that works closely with nutritionists to create customised recipes and also provides athlete's meal cards to track their consumption. (The writer was at the NSSC Bengaluru on invitation from the Sports Authority of India)
The Hindu
9 hours ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
SAI centre in Bengaluru: the go-to venue for athletes seeking world-class facilities at home
From a modest training base with limited facilities to being responsible for implementing all Sports Authority of India (SAI) schemes across three states and holding National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs) for hockey, athletics and volleyball, financial and professional impetus have made the Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC) the go-to venue for athletes seeking world-class facilities at home. With a cumulative investment exceeding ₹140 crore, the NSSC has undergone a major transformation in the last decade. Besides the three NCOEs for comprehensive training across age-groups, the centre also hosts national camps in table tennis, kabaddi and water polo and conducts academic programmes in 11 disciplines. The 3000m steeplechase national record holder Avinash Sable said the venue had always helped him perform well at major competitions. 'I came here for the first time in 2017 and things have changed a lot. The recovery centre is new, there are two synthetic tracks, experts for physiotherapy, medicine, biomechanics. I have trained abroad also but no facility has so many things together at one place. I have always performed well after training here,' he said. The centre today has a state-of-the-art sports science centre with labs for biomechanics, sports medicine and sports psychology equipped with some of the latest testing and training machines from across the world. Out in the field, the athletics stadium boasts of a smart track with sensors that can gather and analyse data of every stride, exclusive strength and conditioning area, recovery room and modern changing rooms for hockey with more facilities planned in the near future, including exclusive testing machines for para-athletes. P.V. Sindhu, who came for isokinetic testing, was appreciative of the facilities. 'I have come here a couple of times and SAI has always been very helpful. My father also used to come here as a player and things have changed completely since then,' said the badminton star. The biggest change, however, has been in the diet department with the centre boasting of a state-of-the-art research kitchen headed by chef Jeyraj that works closely with nutritionists to create customised recipes and also provides athlete's meal cards to track their consumption. (The writer was at the NSSC Bengaluru on invitation from the Sports Authority of India)
Hindustan Times
a day ago
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- Hindustan Times
Neeraj Chopra reclaims world No. 1 spot, Arshad Nadeem fourth in javelin throw rankings
Avinash Sable, India's top 3000m steeplechaser, aims to improve his personal best ahead of the World Championship in September after recovering from a year-long calf injury. Currently training in Ooty and Bengaluru, Sable has already achieved an 8:20.92 at the Asian Championships. He plans to compete in multiple Diamond League events leading up to the championship, targeting a sub-eight-minute finish.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
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- Hindustan Times
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Avinash Sable, India's top 3000m steeplechaser, aims to improve his personal best ahead of the World Championship in September after recovering from a year-long calf injury. Currently training in Ooty and Bengaluru, Sable has already achieved an 8:20.92 at the Asian Championships. He plans to compete in multiple Diamond League events leading up to the championship, targeting a sub-eight-minute finish.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
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- Hindustan Times
Sable hopes to better his best at Worlds
Bengaluru: Laid low by a combination of poor form and injuries, India's premier 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable is confident to turn a corner at this year's World Championships in Tokyo (September 13-21). Avinash Sable will compete at the world championships in Tokyo in September. (Corbis via Getty Images) The 30-year-old met the Worlds qualifying mark of 8:15.00 at last year's Paris Olympics where his 8:14.18 helped him finish eleventh. In the five races since, Sable has failed to come close to the qualification cut-off with his season's best of 8:20.92 being significantly off his personal best (8:09.91) which he achieved in Paris a month before the qualification window for the Worlds opened. Currently training at Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru campus, the armyman said he had been carrying a niggle in his right hamstring and calf since the 2023 Asian Games where he secured gold with a time of 8:19.50. 'It used to hurt while running, which greatly affected my performance. I couldn't do well at the Olympics and the injury bothered me at the twin Diamond League meets this season,' Sable said, referring to his outings in Xiamen and Shanghai in April-May. While Xiamen was his season opener where he ran 8:22.59 to finish 13th among 16 finishers, Shanghai saw him clock 8:23.85 for an eighth-place result. 'I participated in two Diamond League events in China despite the injuries, and the results were not great. I thought of opting out of those competitions but didn't because I did not want to run away from the challenge,' he said. Sable then entered the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea 'to boost my confidence' and won the event with a time of 8:20.92. It's still way off the world standard or even his own personal best, but for Sable, it's all about a slow and steady build-up for the Worlds. Sable had a forgettable outing in his last appearance at the World Championships two years back when he crashed out of the heats with a time of 8:22.24. This time, he wants to get close to breaching the 8-minute barrier. 'It won't happen instantly. I am working on it and if everything is in place, I should be able to do it within a couple of seasons. At the Worlds, I want to better my best and get as close to breaking that 8-minute mark as possible,' he said. 'I want to improve my position from last time at Worlds. This year I have worked on finishing the race and maximising the mileage. But more than the position, I want to improve my timing from the last time.' Sable will next be in action at the Monaco Diamond League next month and is also planning to compete at a competition at home in the run-up to Worlds. His training is split between Ooty and Bengaluru and he is currently trained by SAI coach Kalyan Chaudhary. 'Kalyan sir has recently joined me. Before that, I was making my own training plans,' Sable, who moved out from Scott Simmons' stable earlier this year, said. 'Scott is a good coach but his training methods weren't conducive to my body, so I took that call.' 'The training with coach Nikolai (Snesarev) worked well for me, so I'm continuing with that. I haven't spoken to a long-term coach, and I'll continue like this for the season.' Sable also dabbled with the idea of shifting his training base to Africa this year, but decided against it. Plans are, however, afoot to get a 45-day training window in Morocco's Irfane, a small town in Middle Atlas Mountains.
