Zouhair talbi

New York City Half Marathon: India’s star distance runner, Gulveer Singh, has improved the national men’s half-marathon (21km) record in a competition in New York on Sunday.

According to information received from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), the 27-year-old army runner clocked 59:42 to finish third in the New York City Half Marathon. Adriaan Wildschutt of South Africa was first with a time of 59:30, followed by Moroccan-born American long-distance runner Zouhair Talbi, whose time was 59:41.

The previous national record of 1:00:30 was set by steeplechase specialist Avinash Sable in 2020 at the Delhi Half Marathon.