Gulveer Singh etched his name in the history books on Saturday night as he became the first-ever Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s 5000m final. Remarkably, he is also the first-ever Indian to win a medal in both 5000m (bronze) and 10,000m (silver) in the same edition of the Commonwealth Games. With this accomplishment, he also became the first Indian to win two medals in a single edition of an athletics event at the competition.
Speaking of the 5000m final, Gulveer beat Cornelius Kemboi of Kenya by four hundredths of a second to take home the bronze medal, clocking 13:24.95s. Australia’s Ky Robinson took the silver with a time of 13:24.70s while Kenya’s Mathew Kipsang won the gold with a time of 13:23.61s.
