New Delhi, May 28 -- Servin Sebastian was unfortunate to miss out on a Paris Olympics berth. The results of the race walking meet in Chandigarh where he breached the Paris qualification mark were not considered by World Athletics due to a technical glitch of the organisers. There were a couple of meets left before Paris but Servin could not repeat his performance. A crestfallen Servin decided to take a break from race walking and not compete this season. It was then that Army coach Basanta Bahadur Rana stepped in and motivated him to look ahead and get over the setback. The Tamil Nadu race walker has not only started afresh but is performing with renewed vigour. On Tuesday, Servin took bronze at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea -- his first big international medal -- with a personal best timing of 1:21:14. Paris Olympian and Asian Games silver medallist Wang Zhaozhao of China (1:20:37) won gold, seeing off a tough fight from Japan's Kento Yoshikawa (1:20:46). "I have worked hard this season to win an international medal. Though the disappointment of not going to Olympics still lingers, with encouragement from my coach I was able to look at the bigger goal," Servin told HT. "I was so dejected after the episode that I wanted to take a long break and not do race walking for sometime. I discussed it with my coach but he encouraged me, saying such things are part of an athlete's life and that I have the potential to do much better," he said. While Servin opened India's medal count, distance runner Gulveer Singh executed a brilliant final kick to win gold in 10,000m. Asian Games medallist Gulveer ran a brilliant last lap to surge past his rivals and dash home with a timing of 28:38.63. His personal best stands at 27:00.22, the national record which he achieved at a meet in the US in March. Given the hot and humid conditions, Gulveer did well to bide his time before accelerating, leaving behind Japan's Mebuki Suzuki (28:43.84) and Bahrain's Albert Kibichi Rop (28:46.82), who led for the most part of the race. "The goal was to finish first and I am happy that I was able to execute my race strategy," said Gulveer. "There were expectations from me to win gold and this medal will enhance my chances of qualifying for the world championships." This performance will give him a big boost for the 5000m race on the last day of the competition (May 31). Gulveer has been on a record-breaking spree this season and has qualified for the September Tokyo worlds in 5000m through entry standard (12:59.77), achieved at a meet at Boston University. At his Diamond League debut in Doha on May 16, Gulveer finished 9th. He trained in Doha and then in Delhi and was able to adjust to the hot conditions in Gumi....