City lad Gurindervir sprints to gold, clocks 10.32 sec

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 17

Gurindervir Singh (21) won a gold medal in the 100m race event at the 24th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships 2021 held in Patiala on Tuesday.

He clocked 10.32 seconds. Son of a Head Constable in Punjab Police, city boy Gurindervir has once again proved that nobody can beat him. He has already won several medals in various championships. He completed the race in 10.32 seconds.

His coach Sarabjeet Happy was glad with the achievement. However, he was hoping that Gurindervir would make a new record.

“At present, the national record in the 100m race is 10.26 sec, I really wanted him to overwrite it. But, I would have to say that because of the pandemic, there remained a little problem with training, but still I ensured that he doesn’t miss out on anything. Is vaar nai, te agli vaar sahee (perhaps, next time),” the coach said. He also shared that he wanted the youngsters to follow in his footsteps.

At present, the national record in the 100m race is 10.26 sec, I really wanted him to overwrite it. But, I would have to say that because of the pandemic, there remained a little problem with training, but still I ensured that he doesn't miss out on anything. Is vaar nai, te agli vaar sahee (perhaps, next time). —Sarabjeet Happy, Gurindervir Singh's coach

He practiced at his village during the lockdown. Now, the sprinter is eyeing World University Games, scheduled for August in China. Sarabjeet had also raised the issue of absence of proper athletic track in the city with the Sports Minister where the athletes could practice swiftly. “If the players have such quality tracks, they would do wonders,” he said. The athlete’s list of achievements entail a gold at the 2017 Youth Asia Championships, a silver medal at South Asian Games 2019, a bronze at Junior Asia Championships 2018 in the relay event and another gold in the Euro-Asian Championships

His achievements

He won a gold at the 2017 Youth Asia Championships, a silver medal at South Asian Games 2019, a bronze at Junior Asia Championships 2018 in the relay event and another gold in the Euro-Asian Championships.

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