Indian women’s and men’s 4x400m relay teams qualify for Paris Olympics. athletics news

The Indian men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams qualified for the Paris Olympics after finishing second in their respective second-round heats at the World Athletics Relays here on Monday. In the women’s competition, the quartet of Rupal Chowdhary, MR Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes and 29.35 seconds to finish second in heat one behind Jamaica (3:28.54) and book their ticket to the Paris Games. .

Later, the men’s team of Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Muhammad Ajmal, Arokia Rajeev and Amoj Jacob finished second in their heat behind USA (2:59.95) with a collective time of 3 minutes and 3.23 seconds.

The top two teams in each of the three heats in the second round were to qualify for the Olympics to be held from July 26 to August 11.

The Indian women’s team had finished fifth in the first round qualifying heat on Sunday with a timing of 3 minutes and 29.74 seconds.

The men’s team failed to finish in the first round qualifying heat after second leg runner Rajesh Ramesh withdrew midway due to cramps.

With this, India now has 19 Paris-bound track and field athletes and the list includes reigning javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra, among others.

Athletics events in the Games will start from August 1.

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