Tokyo [Japan], September 19 (ANI): Asian champion Gulveer Singh missed a historic males’s 5000m closing spot by a whisker, bowing out by a mere 0.19 seconds. Meanwhile, Annu Rani crashed out within the ladies’s javelin throw qualifiers on the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Friday.
Gulveer clocked 13:42.34s to complete ninth whereas operating in Heat 2 of the 5000m, marginally behind Norway’s two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who sprinted to the ultimate qualifying spot, notching 13:42.15s.
For a lot of the race, Gulveer stayed in rivalry for taking a spot within the closing. After 1000m, he firmly held the third spot and moved to second at 2900m, simply 0.10 seconds adrift of chief Grant Fisher of the US.
However, within the closing lap, a fading closing lap sprint conspired in opposition to Gulveer and led to his downfall. He was on the cusp of changing into the primary Indian to storm into the 5000m closing on the World Championships.
‘My coaching within the USA was good, however due to this climate, my physique hasn’t responded nicely right here. In the final kilometre, I used to be left brief. This was my first championships and I’ve discovered lots from all the massive athletes right here. Next time, I imagine I’ll do higher than this. Now I’ll concentrate on the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,’ Gulveer stated as quoted from the Olympics.com.
In February, Gulveer ran 12:59.77s on the Boston University Terrier DMR Challenge and broke the Asian brief observe and Indian nationwide data. At the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Gumi, Gulveer struck gold with a meet report of 13:24.77s. He ended sixteenth within the 10000m closing with 29:13.33s earlier in Tokyo.
In the ladies’s javelin throw, two-time Olympian and Asian Games gold medallist Annu Rani completed fifteenth in Group A and twenty ninth general with a finest try of 55.18m. Rani was distant from her private better of 63.82m all through the qualifiers. She opened her account with 54.54m, improved to 55.18m on her second throw, and signed off with 55.10m. (ANI)