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Asian Athletics Championships: India's long-distance runner Gulveer Singh clinched his second gold at the Asian Athletics Championships after winning the men’s 5000m with a Championship Record on Friday. 

Gulveer, who won the men’s 10,000m gold on the opening day of the competition, clocked 13:24.78 to set a new championship record, surpassing Mohamed Al-Garni’s 13:34.47 set in 2015, to clinch the gold medal in the 5000m race.

The 26-year-old from Uttar Pradesh had previously taken bronze in the same event at the last edition in Bangkok.