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Gulveer Singh Breaks Surendra Singh's 17-Year-Old 3000m National Record
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Gulveer clocked a time of 7:34.49s at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, a Continental Tour Gold meet to finish fifth.
Reliance Foundation athlete Gulveer Singh added the 3000m national record to the 5000m and 10000m national records which already stand in his name in an imperious display on Tuesday (August 12). Gulveer clocked a time of 7:34.49s at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, a Continental Tour Gold meet to finish fifth. This was the first time that Gulveer was competing in this discipline in Europe.
He broke Surendra Singh's record that had stood since 2008.
Athletics, Gyulai Istvan Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix: Gulveer Singh obliterates his own NR in the men's 3000m at the WACT🥇level meet in Budapest with a timing of 7:34.49 mins.. Placed 5th in a very strong field Incredible performance from Gulveer yet again..👏🇮🇳💪
— Vishank Razdan (@VishankRazdan) August 12, 2025
Earlier this year, Gulveer Singh also pocketed the men's 3000m indoor national record and the Asian 5000m short track record at an athletics meet in Boston.
In March 2025, Gulveer bettered his own men's 10,000m national record, clocking 27:00.22s at The Ten 2025 athletics meet.
The 26-year-old shaved off 14.66 seconds to better his own national record of 27:14.88, which he set at the Hachioji Long Distance 2024 event in Japan.
Coincidentally, Gulveer broke the 10000m national record for the first time at The Ten last year, finishing with a time of 27:41.81. This performance surpassed Surendra Singh's previous record of 28:02.89, which had stood since 2008. Gulveer later improved his record at the Hachioji Long Distance event in Japan.
The Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist's time at The Ten, a World Athletics Continental Tour silver-level meet, was also agonisingly close to the automatic qualifying standard for the World Athletics Championships 2025, which stands at 27:00.00 – just 0.22 seconds faster than Gulveer's finish. However, he breached the entry standard for the Asian Athletics Championships 2025, which is set at 29.33.26s by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
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