Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- Asian champion Gulveer Singh missed a historic men's 5000m final spot by a whisker, bowing out by a mere 0.19 seconds. Meanwhile, Annu Rani crashed out in the women's javelin throw qualifiers at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Friday.

Gulveer clocked 13:42.34s to finish ninth while running in Heat 2 of the 5000m, marginally behind Norway's two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who sprinted to the final qualifying spot, notching 13:42.15s.

For most of the race, Gulveer stayed in contention for taking a spot in the final. After 1000m, he firmly held the third spot and moved to second at 2900m, just 0.10 seconds adrift of leader Grant Fisher of the US.

However, in the final lap, a fading final...