Gulveer Singh breaks Surendra Singh's national record in 3000m that stood since 2008

Indian athlete Gulveer Singh set a new national record in the men's 3000m race, clocking 7 minutes 34.49 seconds while finishing fifth at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest on Tuesday night. He broke Surendra Singh's record that had stood since 2008.The 27-year-old broke his own previous national record of 7:38.26, which he had set at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational meet in February this year. This was Singh's first track race in Europe.The Budapest meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour gold level event, saw Kenya's Kipsang Mathew Kipchumba win with a time of 7:33.23. Mexico's Eduardo Herrera took second place at 7:33.58, followed by Uganda's Oscar Chelimo at 7:33.93 and Uruguay's Valentin Soca at 7:34.28.Singh, the current Asian champion in both 5000m and 10000m events, holds national records in these distances as well, with times of 12:59.77 and 27:00.22 respectively.He secured gold medals in both events at the Asian championships in May this year.Singh has already qualified for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, scheduled from September 13 to 21, where he will compete in the men's 5000m race.