Gulveer clinches gold; Annu misses medal on mixed day for India

Hangzhou Asian Games medallist, Gulveer Singh, sprinted home to win men’s 10,000m gold, while race walker Servin Sebastian bagged bronze on the opening day of the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi on Tuesday.

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The evening session ended on a disappointing note as Annu Rani narrowly missed adding a bronze medal to the tally as she finished fourth in the women's javelin throw.

The day belonged to Gulveer as he bagged the first gold of the campaign for the Indian contingent, as in the morning session, race walker Servin Sebastian clinched bronze in the 20km race walk.

In a battle of wits, Gulveer 26, surged ahead of his rivals in the last lap of the 10,000m race to post a time of 28:38.63, which was slower than his personal best of 27:00.22 clocked in March this year.