Gulveer becomes first Indian to run a mile in less than four minutes

Tennessee, May 30 -- Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist Gulveer Singh became the first Indian runner to clock a sub-four-minute mile at the 24th Annual Music City Track Carnival on Saturday.

27 old Gulveer posted a creditable time of 3:55.63 seconds to finish first in the Men's 1 Mile Pro event.

Christopher Knight, 20, representing the USA was second with a time of 3:59.72 and Tristan Trevino, 21, also from the USA was third with a time of 4:00.27.

The Indian star distance runner is preparing for the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Aichi Nagoya Asian Games.

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