South Korea, May 30, 2025.
Gulveer Singh etched his name among the greats of Indian long-distance running by clinching his second gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships after shattering a decade-old meet record in a tightly-contested men’s 5000m final here on Friday.
The national-record-holding runner clocked 13:24.77sec to edge past Thailand’s Kieran Tuntivate, who finished close behind at 13:24.97sec, while Japan’s Nagiya Mori took bronze in 13:25.06sec.
The previous championship record belonged to Qatar’s Mohamed Al-Garni, who had clocked 13:34.47 in the 2015 edition.
