Los Angeles, May 24 -- India's long-distance star Gulveer Singh continued his remarkable rise on the global athletics stage by winning the silver medal in the men's 5000m at the prestigious Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles on Sunday, while rewriting his own national record in the process.
The reigning Asian champion in both 5000m and 10,000m clocked an outstanding 13:03.93, bettering his previous national mark of 13:11.82 set in Japan two years ago by nearly eight seconds.
The performance further cemented Gulveer's status as India's finest contemporary distance runner and one of the country's most consistent performers on the international circuit.
Based in Colorado Springs in the United States for advanced training, Gulveer is th...