New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- At the Gyulai Istvan Memorial Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix 2025 event in Budapest on Tuesday, Gulveer Singh broke the Indian national record in the men's 3000m race, according to Olympics.com.

Competing in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet at the National Athletics Centre, the 27-year-old Indian athlete finished fifth with a time of seven minutes and 34.49 seconds (7:34.49).

With a time of 7:38.26 at the Boston University meet in February, he surpassed his previous record by more than three seconds. The new record is subject to ratification by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

Kenya's Mathew Kipsang won the race in 7:33.23, with Mexico's Eduardo Herrera (7:33.58) and Uganda's World Championsh...