00:00Gulveer Singh became the first Indian man to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men's 10,000-meter category.
00:14But he did not grow up dreaming of medals or international tracks.
00:18A farmer's son, he grew up running barefoot through the dusty lanes and farmland trails of Sirsa village in Aligarh
00:25district with one dream
00:26to join the Indian army and support his family.
00:29Running started as a way to clear the army recruitment trials.
00:32In 2018, he joined the Grenadiers Regiment where the army transformed his raw talent into a professional athletic career.
00:39The medals followed suit, a bronze at the Asian Athletics Championships, another bronze at the Asian Games,
00:45then double gold at the Asian Athletics Championships.
00:48Today, Gulveer holds India's national records in the 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters, the mile and the half marathon.
00:55He is also the first Indian to run a sub-4-minute mile and complete a half marathon under 60
01:01minutes.
01:022026 has been his breakthrough year.
01:05He broke the national half marathon record in New York, clocked personal bests in the 5,000-meter and 10
01:10,000-meter category
01:11and trained at Colorado Springs under Coach Scott Simmons.
01:15From the fields of Aligarh to the biggest global athletic stages, Gulveer has become the standard bearer of Indian long
01:21-distance running.
01:23Long.
01:24Long.
01:25Long.
Comments