India’s Gulveer Singh etched his name among the great Indian long-distance runners by clinching his second gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships after shattering a decade-old meet record in a tightly-contested men’s 5000m final here on Friday.

The national-record-holding runner clocked a time of 13:24.77 seconds to edge past Thailand’s Kieran Tuntivate, who finished close behind at 13:24.97 seconds, while Japan’s Nagiya Mori took bronze with a time of 13:25.06 seconds.

The previous championship record belonged to Qatar’s Mohamed Al-Garni, who had recorded a time 13:34.47 seconds in the 2015 edition. The win completed a remarkable double for the Indian, who had earlier bagged gold in the 10,000m competition on the opening day.