Gulveer Singh clinched gold in the men's 10,000m race, while Servin Sebastian secured bronze in the 20km race walk event, helping India open their medal tally on the first day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Gumi, Republic of Korea, on Tuesday. Singh, the 26-year-old national record holder and Asian Games bronze-medallist, clocked 28:38.63 in his gold-winning performance.
Coming on the back of bettering the national record in the 10000m run, he beat Japan's Mebuki Suzuki, who finished second with a time of 28:43.84, and Bahrain's Albert Kibichi Rop, who took bronze, clocking 28:46.82. Singh's current national record stands at 27:00.22, which he set earlier this year. 26-year-old Gulveer is India's national record holder in the men’s 3000m, 5000m and 10000m events as well.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! In the men's 20km race walk, Sebastian recorded a time of 1 hour 21 minute and 13.60 seconds to secure the bronze medal. China's Wang Zhaozhao won gold with 1:20:36.90, while Japan's Kento Yoshikawa claimed silver with 1:20:44.90. Sebastian's performance was close to his personal best of 1:21:23, which he achieved while winning gold at the Uttarakhand National Games in February this year.
The other Indian race walker, Amit, finished fifth with a time of 1:22:14.30.
32-year-oldAnnu Rani narrowly fell short of a podium finish in javelin throw at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships after finishing fourth.
India has fielded a 58-member contingent at the championships, where they had won 27 medals in the previous edition.
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