Gulveer Singh broke Avinash Sable’s national record in the men’s 5000m by clocking 13:18.92 at the 2024 Portland Track Festival on Sunday.
Gulveer surpassed Avinash’s record of 13:19.30 set at the Sound Running On Track Fest 2023 in LA to secure a personal best. The 26-year-old missed the Paris Olympic qualification mark by over 13 seconds.
American distance runner Dylan Jacobs, a three-time NCAA champion, topped the event, clocking 13:18.18.
In March this year, Gulveer broke the men’s 10,000m at The Ten track meet in California. He crossed the finish line in 27.41.81, and in doing so, he erased the second oldest record in Indian men’s track and field, improving on Surender Singh’s old mark of 28.02.89, set nearly 16 years ago in 2008.
However, Gulveer’s effort was not enough for Olympic qualification as he missed the Paris Games qualification time of 27:00.00 by over 41 seconds.
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In 2023, the 26-year-old won a bronze in the 5,000m at the Asian Championships and followed that up with the biggest medal of his career – another bronze in the 10,000m at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
India’s Kartik Kumar finished 17th with a timing of 13:41.07, while Sable, who has a season’s best of 13:20.37, did not finish the race.
In the men’s 5,000m high performance event, Abhishek Pal came up with a personal best of 13:41.57 to finish third.
The Portland Track Festival is is one of the premier track meets in the United States and several Olympic champions, world record holders, national record holders and countless Olympians have raced at the events here throughout the years.
(With inputs from PTI)
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