NEW DELHI, Mar 30:
India’s long-distance runner Gulveer Singh improved on his national record in the 10,000m race in The Ten Track Festival — an event on the World Athletics Continental Tour — by clocking 27:00.22 minutes to finish sixth in San Juan Capistrano, California.
The previous record held by the Hangzhou Asian Games bronze-medallist runner was 27:14.88 set in Hachioji, Japan in November last year.
The 26-year-old Army man, winner of the bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, had re-set the national record twice last year. He timed 27:41.81 minutes at San Juan Capistrano in California in March before improving on it in Japan.
“Gulveer Singh clocks 27:00.22 to improve his national 10,000m record. He finished 6th at The Ten competition in USA on Saturday,” said the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in a social media post.
Gulveer, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, is also the national record holder in 5,000m with a time of 13:11.82 minutes set last year..
Gulveer’s goal on Saturday was to break the 27 minutes barrier. Despite churning out an average pace for each lap, he missed his goal of a sub-27 timing.
“I was slightly off my goal pace at the half-way mark, which robbed me of a sub-27 minutes performance,” said Gulveer in a release.
Pace setter Joey Berriatua of the USA ensured that the group of runners, running in a single file, reached the first 4,000m of the 10k race in 10:48.09 seconds. (PTI)
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