Summary
Earlier in the competition he won silver medals in the 10,000‑meter and 1,500‑meter races.
His three‑medal haul makes him the first Indian in 40 years to achieve a hat‑trick of medals at a single Asian Games, a feat previously seen by P.T. Usha in 1986.
The gold medal was claimed by Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew, with Japan’s Yamaguchi Tomonori taking silver.