Athletics
Gulveer sets new outdoor personal best to win 5000m silver at LA Festival
He recorded 13:03.93s and also breached the Commonwealth Games qualifying mark.
Gulveer Singh sets his new outdoor personal best in 5000m at LA track festival. (File Photo)
India's star long-distance runner Gulveer Singh opened his outdoor track season with a 5,000m silver medal at the LA Track Festival on Saturday.
Gulveer clocked his new outdoor personal best of 13:03.93s to finish second and also breached the AFI qualifying standard for Commonwealth Games (13:10.64s)
He finished second behind Habtom Samuel (12:57.22s) of Eritrea in the final. With this, Samuel has also set a new record for the NCAA in this meet.
Gulveer missed out on his personal best of (12:59.77s) but has now taken the 5,000m Asian lead for the year, surpassing Bahrain's Birhanu Balew (13:07.75s).
The 27-year-old will be aiming to improve his personal best to have a chance of a medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, among the powerhouse nations of Kenya and Ethiopia.
He has already breached the commonwealth mark for the 10,000m with a time of 27:24.18s at the Ten Championships in the USA in March this year.