Sports Desk: Indian long-distance runners Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh bagged a silver and bronze medal respectively in the men’s 10000m race with personal best times at the Asian Games here on Saturday.
Kartik won the silver with a timing of 28:15.38s while Gulveer clocked 28:17.21s to claim the bronze.
Both the Indians sneaked into medal contention in the last 100 metres after three of the fellow competitors fell in succession after bumping into each other.
Birhanu Yemataw Balew of Bahrain won the gold medal with a timing of 28:13.62 seconds.
Kartik’s earlier personal best time was 28:55.00s which he had clocked while winning a bronze in the National Games last year. He had won gold in the National Inter-State Championships in June with a time of 29:01.84s.
The national record stands at 28:02.89s in the name of Surendra Singh since 2008.