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Gulveer Singh Completes Historic Asian Games Three-Medal Haul
Gulveer Singh won a bronze medal in the 5000-meter race at the Asian Games.
He finished the race in 13 minutes and 32.75 seconds.
Bahrain's Birhanu Balew won gold, and Japan's Tomonori Yamaguchi won silver.
This was Gulveer's third medal at these Games.
He had already won silver medals in the 1500-meter and 10,000-meter races.
This means he reached the podium in three different races.
When relay races are counted, only Lavy Pinto had previously won three medals for an Indian man at one Asian Games.
Some reports describe Gulveer as the first Indian male track-and-field athlete to win three medals in one edition when focusing on individual events.
His three medals included two silvers and one bronze.
Gulveer Singh won bronze in the men's 5000m final with a time of 13:32.75.
Bahrain's Birhanu Balew won gold in 13:30.79, while Japan's Tomonori Yamaguchi took silver in 13:31.43.
The 5000m bronze completed Gulveer's three-medal haul, following silvers in the 1500m and 10,000m.
Gulveer became the second Indian man to win three Asian Games medals when relay events are included, after Lavy Pinto.
The medal came in Nagoya on Tuesday, September 29; Avinash Sable did not start the race.
- Who
- Indian distance runner Gulveer Singh, along with Birhanu Balew and Tomonori Yamaguchi in the 5000m final.
- What
- Gulveer Singh won bronze in the men's 5000m and completed a three-medal Asian Games haul.
- Where
- Nagoya, in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- When
- Tuesday, September 29, during the 2026 Asian Games.
- Why
- He finished third in the 5000m final, adding bronze to his earlier 1500m and 10,000m silver medals.
Key facts
- 5000m result
- Bronze in 13:32.75
- Gold medalist
- Birhanu Balew of Bahrain, 13:30.79
- Silver medalist
- Tomonori Yamaguchi of Japan, 13:31.43
- Earlier medals
- Silver in the 1500m and 10,000m
- Historical milestone
- Second Indian man to win three Asian Games medals when relay events are included
- Earlier record holder
- Lavy Pinto won three medals at the inaugural 1951 Asian Games
- Race note
- Avinash Sable did not start the 5000m race
Sources
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