NEW DELHI: Indian athlete Gulveer Singh shattered the longstanding national record in the men's 10,000m at The Ten 2024 athletics meet held in California, USA on Sunday.
Gulveer clinched the second position, completing the race in an impressive time of 27 minutes and 41.81 seconds. He was narrowly edged out by America's Drew Hunter, who secured the top spot with a timing of 27 minutes and 38.87 seconds.
The previous national record, held by Gulveer's coach Surendra Singh since 2008, had stood unbroken for 16 years with a timing of 28 minutes and 2.89 seconds.
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Gulveer's exceptional performance also ranks him as the 37th best Asian athlete in this category. Remarkably, among Indian athletes, Gulveer stands alone in the top 100 list for this discipline based on timings.
Despite securing a bronze medal in the Asian Games held in Hangzhou last year, Gulveer is yet to meet the entry standard of 27 minutes set for the Paris Olympics scheduled for July-August this year.
Aaron Bienenfeld from Germany claimed the third position in the race, finishing with a time of 27 minutes and 42.83 seconds.
India's Kartik Kumar, who finished ahead of Gulveer to secure a silver at the Asian Games, finished ninth in the California meet with his new personal best of 28:01.90 minutes.
Avinash Sable, who secured the Asian Games gold last year in men's 3000 m steeplechase, logged a DNF (did not finish) in a separate men's 10000 m race as he pulled out from the race in the 15th lap.
Parul Chaudhary finished 20th in the women's 10,000 m race with timings of 32:02.08 minutes. She failed to meet the Paris Olympics qualifying standard of 30:40.00.
In another women's 10,000 m race, Seema clocked a personal best of 32:07.67 and finished third. The fourth position was attained by Sanjivani Jadhav with the timings of 32:21.76 minutes. Ankita also secured eighth place by registering her timings of 32:48.71 minutes. Both Ankita and Sanjivani also registered their personal best timings.
(With ANI inputs)
