GULVEER SINGH - MEN'S 10000m SILVER MEDALLIST 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GLASGOW

 

GULVEER SINGH - MEN'S 10000m SILVER MEDALLIST 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GLASGOW

Gulveer Singh, competing in the men's 10000 metres final won the Silver Medal, clocking 27:49.78s behind Australia's Ky Robinson 27:48.93s in the 2026 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. It was obvious that he had lost the Gold medal by a few whiskers

He is the first Indian to win a medal in the event. 

He joins the late Milkha Singh and Aravind Sable, both of whom had won non-relay medals at the Commonwealth games before him.

Gulveer Singh, 28, was born in Sirsa Village, Aligarh, UP. He is a Naib Subedar in the Grenadier regiment of the Indian Army.

A decade ago all Gulveer knew was to run. Running to help his father at the farm and running errands for his family. He ran to get selected in the Indian Army. He hoped he could thus stop running. Howewver running never stopped for Gulveer.

"After I joined the Army, I was told about sports and that I would get a promotion if I won medals. I started running and I was shifted to the Army Sports Institute in Pube, where I staretd to train for competitions."

Call it, muscle memory or sheer talent, Gulveer adapted quickly and started winning races and winning medals.

Perha[ps it is the intrinsic nature of his chosen sport, that in running as in life Gulveer believes in keeping things simple. 

"I know it is my job to run and I want to do my job well," he said after winning the Silver.

"All I was thinking about yesterday was how to win a medal. I was not thinking about anything else during the whole race."

"I have been training in the US on and off for many months now. It is my responsibilty to train well and win medals."

"I eat and sleep," was his reply when queried what he liked to do when he was not running.

The humble man he is, Gulveer says he owes a lot to fellow Army man and long distance runner, Karthik Kumar, Asian Games Silver Medallist. 

"Whatever I know today,has been taught by Kartik bhai. He tells me everything, right from what I should eat, how I should train and run." "He has been an inspiration."

But beneath all that humility, there lies a competitivr streak. Asked if there was any other athelete who had inspired him, Gulveer replied,"I aim to become big enough to inspire others rather than aspiring to become like someone."

Based on a report in The Times of India of 30 July 2026