♦ India’s Gulveer Singh bettered his own national record in the men’s 3000m race at the Gyulai István Memorial Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix 2025 meet in Budapest on 13 August 2025.

♦ He clocked 7 minutes 34.49 seconds to eclipse his own previous national record time of 7 minutes 38.26 seconds set at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational meet in February this year.

♦ Kenya’s Mathew Kipsang won the race in 7:33.23, with Mexico’s Eduardo Herrera (7:33.58) and Uganda’s World Championships 5000m bronze medallist Oscar Chelimo (7:33.93) completing the top three.

♦ The world record of 7:17.55 belongs to two-time Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, set in August 2024.

♦ Gulveer now holds national records in the 3000m, 5000m and 10000m.

♦ He lowered his own 5000m mark to 12:59.77 at the Boston University Terrier DMR Challenge in the USA in February.

♦ It is also the Asian 5000m short track record.

♦ Gulveer Singh set a national record in the men’s 10000m by clocking 27:00.22 at the TEN 2025 meet in the USA in March.