Para Athletics
India also received good news in para-athletics, where Soman Rana won the gold medal in the men’s F57 shot put event with a season-best throw of 13.40 meters, while fellow athlete Shubham Juyal took the silver with an effort of 13.28 meters. However, results in other events were mixed. Priyanka Goswami finished seventh in the women’s 10,000m race walk, while Dev Kumar Meena finished fourth in the pole vault with a time of 5.30m. Overall, despite not winning a gold medal, India completed its second-best Commonwealth Games campaign in athletics with a total of ten medals, including five silver and five bronze, its best performance since the 2010 New Delhi Games’ twelve-medal haul.
How the Finals Fared
In the 5000m final, held on the final day of athletics events, Gulveer clocked 13:24.95s to finish third. The gold medal went to Matthew Kipchumba Kipsang of Kenya, who clocked 13:23.61, while defending 10,000m champion Kay Robinson of Australia won the silver medal in 13:24.70. The 28-year-old Gulveer, who also holds the national record in both the 5000m and 10,000m events, remained in the lead group throughout the race and secured a medal with a strong finish in the final lap.
Bronze in a Close End
In the 5000m final, held on the closing day of the competition, Gulveer Singh displayed patience and precise strategy from the start. He remained in the lead group throughout the race and accelerated his pace in the final lap to finish third with a time of 13 minutes 24.95 seconds. Matthew Kipchumba Kipsang of Kenya won the gold medal in 13:23.61, while 10,000m gold medalist Kai Robinson of Australia took the silver medal in 13:24.70.
India also dominated the triple jump on the day, with Praveen Chithravel winning the silver medal with a leap of 16.58 metres, while his teammate Selva Prabhu Thirumaran secured the bronze with an effort of 16.52 metres, the biggest international medal of his career so far. The gold medal went to Jordan Scott of Jamaica with a best jump of 16.72 metres.