Creating history in Asian Games, Gulveer Singh won third medal: Became the first Indian athlete to win bronze in 5000 meter race.

The excellent performance of Indian athletes continues in the ongoing Mahakumbh i.e. 2026 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. India’s star long-distance runner Gulveer Singh Has once again made the nation proud with its amazing race and brilliant strategy. Gulveer Singh continued his excellent form in these games and won the men’s title. 5000 meter race Giving a historic performance in the final match of Bronze Medal Have captured.

In this exciting and tough race, Gulveer demonstrated his stamina and covered the prescribed distance. 13 minutes 32.75 seconds Completed and stood third. With this victory, Gulveer Singh has registered his name in the pages of history, as he has won only one medal in the Asian Games of the same edition. three individual medals Has become the first athlete from India to win.

This match of men’s 5000 meter final race was very tough and closely contested. The gold medal in this event was won by Bahrain’s talented runner Birhanu Balew, who performed brilliantly. 13 minutes 30.79 seconds Completed the race in.

At the same time, Japanese runner Tomonori Yamaguchi 13 minutes 31.43 seconds Taking the time of 100,000, secured second place and won the silver medal. Indian runner Gulveer Singh controlled his pace from the beginning and maintained a strong hold on the medal race till the end and won the bronze medal for the country. In this way, the three medal winners in this prestigious event were decided by a very narrow margin.

These Asian Games have been incredible for Gulveer Singh and he has proved his sporting talent by winning medals one after the other. Before winning the bronze medal in the 5000 meter race, Gulveer 10000 meters race performing brilliantly in silver medal Won, where he took a time of 28:29.38 minutes.

After this he 1500 meter race Performing the best performance of my career (Personal Best Record) in silver medal Which he completed in 3:36.72 minutes. Now with winning bronze in 5000 meters, he has become the only track and field athlete from the country to win three individual medals in the same Asian Games.

With this historic success of Gulveer Singh, India’s total number of medals in the 2026 Asian Games will increase. 49 Has occurred. The special thing is that originally there was a plan to enter another athlete from India in this event, but due to some unavoidable reason he could not be a part of the race, after which Gulveer Singh got a chance in this event. Gulveer fully capitalized on this opportunity and made the country proud with his historic victory.