Gulveer Singh Clinches India’s First Gold At 2025 Asian Athletics Championships


Gulveer singh delivered a Historic Efficiency on the twenty sixth Asian Athletics Championships 2025 by profitable the lads’s 10,000m Occasion, Securing India’s first gold of the match. Clocking 28: 38.63, The 26-YLD SURGED PAST Bahrain’s Albert Kibichi Rop within the Ultimate Lap to Clinch the highest spot.

The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) Celebrated The Victory On X, Posting: “First Gold for India🇮🇳 at Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea🇰🇷, Securing the Prime Spot in Males’s 10,000m with a Timing of 28: 38.63. Many congratulation, champion.

With this feat, gulveer turned solely the third Indian to win gold on this occasion on the asian championships, Following Hari Chand (1975) and G Lakshmanan (2017).

Fellow Indian Runner Sawan Barwal narrowly missed out on a podium End, Inserting Fourth.

Gulveer’s Rise has been regular and spectacular. He Received Bronze within the 10,000m on the 2022 Asian Video games, Adopted by One other Bronze on the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. That very same yr, he additionally clinched bronze within the 5000m occasion.

In 2023, Gulveer Set Nationwide Information in Each the 5000m (13: 11.82) and 10,000m (27: 14.88). In Early 2025, He Clocked 12: 59.77 within the 5000m on the Boston College Terrier DMR Problem, Ending Shut Behind Olympic Medalists. He additionally broke a 16-year-old Indian indoor document within the 3000m, timing 7: 38.26 on the bu Valentine invitational.

“I am elated to have clocked time in my season’s first indoor race in boston,” He stated in an afi launch.
“Good efficiency over 3000m (indoor) has given an enormous enhance to my confidence. I ought to be capable to do higher throughout upcoming out of doors races.”

Presently Coaching in Colorado Springs, Usa, Below Coach Scott Simmons, Gulveer is Aiming to Meet the World Championships Qualifying Mark of 27: 00.00 within the 10,000m.