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Asian Games 2026: Gulveer Singh wins silver, becomes first Indian to win two medals in 10,000m

Gulveer Singh improved on his previous bronze, finishing 1.87 seconds behind gold in a 25-lap race.

  • On Friday, Indian distance runner Gulveer Singh clinched silver in the men's 10,000m at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on September 25, 2026, clocking 28:29.38 minutes behind Bahrain's Birhanu Balew.
  • Born into a farming family in Sirsa village, Aligarh, Singh joined the Indian Army through the sports quota and rose through the ranks to become Asia's leading distance runner, training at Colorado Springs in the United States.
  • Singh holds Indian national records in the 5,000m, 10,000m, one mile and half-marathon; he became the first Indian to run a sub-four-minute mile and the first Asian athlete to break the 13-minute indoor 5,000m barrier .
  • The silver adds another major medal to Singh's collection this year after his Commonwealth Games success in Glasgow, marking his second successive Asian Games medal in the 10,000m as India surged past the 20-medal mark on Day 7.
  • Singh's trajectory from 2022 bronze in Hangzhou—which ended India's 25-year drought in men's 10,000m medals at the Asian Games—to his dual gold at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi reflects his emergence as Asia's premier distance runner.
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Indian sprinter Gulvir Singh upgraded his medal tally at the Asian Games, winning silver in the men's 10,000 meters. He clocked 28:29.38 minutes. Gulvir, who won bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games, finished second behind Bahrain's Birhanu Balev.

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Times of India broke the news in India on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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