“Prabhu, dekh lena, kya hoga kya nahin hoga [God, you please take care of whatever happens]” this, said Gulveer Singh, was his strategy for the race of his life as a fierce Glasgow storm threatened to disrupt the athletics events at the Scotstoun Stadium on Tuesday night.

Seeing the pelting rain, Gulveer said he left all to God as strategy was of no supreme importance. But Gulveer did have some plans, and executed them perfectly to win a historic silver in the men’s 10,000m race at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games here. The 28-year-old from Sirsa of Atrauli district, Uttar Pradesh, has entered an elite club — he’s only the third Indian man to win a solo medal on the track in the Commonwealth Games, after the great Milkha Singh and Avinash Sable.