Gulveer Singh secured India’s first gold medal at the 27th Asian Athletics Championships on Tuesday, winning the men’s 10,000m event.
The 26-year-old clocked 28 minutes 38.63 seconds to claim his maiden Asian Championships gold medal.
“I surged ahead in the last lap and shifted to top gear at the 200m mark. Had someone pushed me, I could have gone faster as I wasn’t tired after crossing the finish line,” Gulveer remarked.
Gulveer Singh, like several other athletes, is looking forward to taking part at the upcoming Tokyo World Athletics Championships.
“The gold medal will certainly boost my world ranking and enhance my chances of qualifying for the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in September”, he added.
The automatic qualification time for the men’s 10,000m is 27 minutes.
Japan’s Mebuki Suzuki (28:43.84) took the silver, while Bahrain’s Albert Kibichi Rop (28:46.82) won the bronze. Another Indian participant, Sawan Barwal, finished fourth with a time of 28:50.53.
Gulveer will feature in the men’s 5000m later in the competition. He won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok.
Earlier in the day, Servin Sebastian claimed India’s first medal with a bronze in the men’s 20km race walk event, clocking 1 hour 21 minutes and 13.60 seconds.
Also Read: Asian Athletics Championships 2025 Gumi: Events, Schedule, Top Athletes To Watch
Asian Athletics Championships 2025: India team
Men
- 200m: Animesh Kujur
- 800m: Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar
- 1500m: Yoonus Shah
- 3000m steeplechase: Avinash Sable
- 5000m: Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal
- 10,000m: Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal
- Triple jump: Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker
- High jump: Sarvesh Kushare
- Shot put: Samardeep Singh Gill
- Javelin throw: Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh
- Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar
- 20km race walk: Servin Sebastian, Amit
- 4x100m: Pranav Pramod, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidar, Amlan Borgohain, Tamilarasu, Ragul Kumar, Gurvinder Singh
- 4×400m: Vishal TK, Jay Kumar, Manu TS, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Rince Joseph, Tushar Kanti, Santosh Kumar, Mohit Kumar
Women
- 200m: Nithya Gandhe
- 400m: Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj
- 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja
- 1500m: Lili Das, Pooja
- 3000m steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Ankita
- 5000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Parul Chaudhary
- 10000m: Sanjivani Baburao, Seema
- 100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji
- 400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj, Anu R
- Long jump: Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan
- High jump: Pooja
- Heptathlon: Nandini Agasara
- 4x100m: Nithya Gandhe, Abhinaya Rajarajan, Sneha S, Srabani Nanda, Daneshwari, V Sudeeksha
- 4x400m: Rupal, Sneha K, Subha Venkatesan, Jisna Mathew, Kunja Rajitha, Sandramol Sabu
