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Gulveer Singh of India Broke The National Record in 5000m in Japan

India’s Gulveer Singh set a new national record en route to winning the men’s 5000m gold in the Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup of World Athletics Continental Tour at Niigata, Japan. Gulveer won the race with a time of 13:11.82 to improve upon his own national record earlier this year.

Highlights of the Match

  • Gulveer Singh emerged the winner with a just under two-second gap over Japan’s Mebuki Suzuki, who took second place with a personal best of 13:13.80.
  • Another Japanese runner, Kotaro Shinohara, took third place.

A Record Breaker

  • The 26-year-old broke his own national mark of 13:18.92s set during the Portland Track Festival earlier this year.
  • In Portland, Gulveer had overcome Avinash Sable’s record of 13:19.30s set at the Sound Running On Track Fest in 2023 at Los Angeles.
  • Gulveer had also broken the men’s 10000m national mark during the Ten track meet in California earlier this March, touching the tape at 27.41.81s.

Notable achievements by him

  • Won a Bronze Medal in 10000m in Asian Games in Hangzhou China in 2022.
  • In 2023, he claimed another Bronze at the Asian Athletics Championship in Bangkok.
  • At National level he clinched a Gold medal in 10000 m at Federation Cup Athletics Championship.

Shivam

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