Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 29 -- Gulveer Singh rounded off a remarkable Asian Games campaign with a bronze medal in the men's 5000m on Tuesday, completing a hat-trick of medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Games and joining an elite group of Indian athletes to achieve the feat.
Gulveer clocked 13:32.75 in the 5000m final to add bronze to the silver medals he had already secured in the 10,000m and 1500m events. Bahrain's Birhanu Balew won gold in 13:30.79, while Japan's Tomonori Yamaguchi took silver in 13:31.43.
Gulveer's three-medal haul puts him in distinguished company, with legendary athlete P.T. Usha having won four medals at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. Usha remains the Indian record-holder for the most medals won by an athlete at a single Asian ...