Gulveer Singh broke the men’s 10,000m national record on Saturday night at The 10 in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Gulveer, who won a bronze medal at the Asian Game titles, clocked a time of 27.41.81 to improved Surender Singh’s time of 28.02.89 by in excess of 20 seconds. Surender established the national history in 2008.
The 25-calendar year-aged completed next and won the silver medal.
Having said that, the energy was not enough for Gulveer to secure a Paris Olympics quota position as he missed the qualification mark by 41 seconds.
Another Indian athlete competing in the event was Kartik Kumar, who concluded ninth, clocking 28:01.90.
Asian Games 🥉 medallist Gulveer Singh sets a new NR (*topic to verification) in the men’s 10000m at The Ten in San Juan Capistrano in California (WACT Silver Satisfy)! 👏🇮🇳
He arrived 2nd with a timing of 27.41.81 (Former NR: 28.02.89 by Surender Singh) pic.twitter.com/U8y3yRmYZq
— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) March 17, 2024
Meanwhile, Avinash Sable, competing in the identical event, pulled out of his heat in the 15th lap at the 6,000m mark.
In the women’s 10,000m, Parul Chaudhary designed a disappointing 20th-location complete, clocking underneath par 32:02.08. For this reason, she skipped the Paris qualification, which stands at 30:40.00.
This efficiency in California will assist Gulveer get well from the disappointment of shedding his men’s 3000m gold medal for ‘lane infringement’ in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran.
In February, irrespective of generating the leading of the podium complete, clocking 8 minutes 07.48 seconds in the ultimate, Gulveer dropped the gold medal as he was disqualified.
While the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had built a late-evening attraction to overturn the final decision, sadly, it was turned down.
Very last year at the Asian Video games in Hangzhou, Gulveer won a bronze medal in the men’s 10,000 racewalk event, with Kartik profitable the silver.
Gulveer experienced clocked 28:17.21 in comparison to Kartik’s 28:15.38 to protected a third-area end at the continental showpiece.