California [US]: India’s Gulveer Singh shattered his own national record in the men’s 10,000m event at The Ten 2025 athletics meet held in San Juan Capistrano, USA, on Saturday.
The 26-year-old clocked an impressive 27:00.22s, securing a sixth-place finish in a highly competitive field at the JSerra Catholic High School track.
The race was won by Ishmael Kipkurui in 26:50.21, breaking the NCAA record. Habtom Samuel finished second with 26:51.06, while Adrian Wildschutt secured third place in 26:51.27.
Breaking Records and Chasing World Standards
Gulveer’s new mark shattered his previous national record of 27:14.88, which he had set at the Hachioji Long Distance 2024 event in Japan. He improved his time by an impressive 14.66 seconds.
His performance was agonizingly close to the automatic qualifying standard for the World Athletics Championships 2025 (27:00.00), missing it by just 0.22 seconds.
However, he comfortably surpassed the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 entry standard of 29:33.26s, as set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). His selection for the continental championships in Gumi, Republic of Korea, remains at the discretion of the AFI.
Among Asia’s Fastest
Gulveer’s new personal best places him third among the fastest Asian runners in the 10,000m, behind only Qatar’s Ahmad Hassan Abdullah and Nicholas Kemboi.
This is not his first record-breaking feat—Gulveer had previously smashed the Indian 10,000m record at The Ten 2024, clocking 27:41.81 to break Surendra Singh’s 2008 record (28:02.89). He later improved it at the Hachioji Long Distance in Japan.
A Season of Achievements
Gulveer Singh, a bronze medallist in the 10,000m at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023, also holds the Indian national record in the 5,000m.
Earlier this year, he further etched his name in Indian athletics history by:
✅ Breaking the 3,000m indoor national record
✅ Setting the Asian 5,000m short track record at an athletics meet in Boston
With his latest performance, Gulveer Singh continues to rise as India’s long-distance running sensation, setting his sights on global championships.