Last Updated: February 20, 2024, 18:36 IST
Gulveer Singh (SAI Photo)
Gulveer had clocked 8 minutes 07.48 seconds to end on prime of the rostrum in the 3000m remaining, a non Olympic athletics occasion, late on Monday.
India’s Gulveer Singh misplaced his males’s 3000m gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships right here after he was disqualified for ‘lane infringement’.
Gulveer had clocked 8 minutes 07.48 seconds to end on prime of the rostrum in the 3000m remaining, a non Olympic athletics occasion, late on Monday.
He was later disqualified for lane infringement and a late night time ‘appeal’ by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was additionally rejected.
“Yes, it was ruled that Gulveer committed lane infringement. Of course, AFI protested but the protest was rejected,” a coach, who’s with the group, advised PTI.
“The jury said they have enough evidence to conclude that Gulveer made lane infringement.”
Various clauses of technical guidelines 17.2 and 17.3 gives for the way an athlete can commit lane infringement and beneath what circumstances she or he might not be disqualified.
Technical Rule 17.2.3 says: “In all races run in lanes (or any part of a race run in lanes), each athlete shall keep within their allocated lane from start to finish and, when running on a bend, shall not step or run on or inside the left-hand lane line or in the case of the inside lane, the kerb or line marking the border of the inside of the track.”
Keneshbekov Nursultan of Kyrgystan, who had completed second with a time of 8:08.85s, was awarded the gold.
Jalil Naseri (8:09.39) of Iran, the unique third-place finisher, took the silver and Frolovskiy (8:17.17) of Kazakhstan bagged the bronze.
With the lack of the gold received by Gulveer, India ended their marketing campaign with three gold and one silver.
Ace shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and Harmilan Bains (1500m) had received a gold medal every on the primary day of competitions on Saturday. Toor and Yarraji had smashed their very own nationwide information.
On Monday, Ankita had received a silver medal in ladies’s 3000m race with a timing of 9:26.22s.
India had received one gold, six silver and one bronze in the final version in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
