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Stockholm Diamond League: Avinash Sable finishes fifth; Karsten Warholm wins race hit by environmental protest

India’s Avinash Sable finished fifth in the men’s 3000m steeplechase in the Diamond League on Sunday, as he failed to improve upon his performance of the last event.The 28-year-old Sable, running his second race of the season, clocked 8 minutes 21.88 seconds, well outside his personal best of 8:11.20s, to finish fifth. He had finished 10th, clocking a below-par 8:17.18 seconds, at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, Morocco on May 28.Running on a wet track, most of the competitors struggled to clock fast times. Olympic and world champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco won the race in 8:09.84s, well outside his season’s and personal best time of 7:56.68s, which he had clocked while taking the top spot in Rabat. The 2019 Diamond League champion Getnet Wale of Ethiopia was second with a t...