Asian Games | India wins gold in men’s 4x400 relay
The Hindu
Indian quartet win gold in men’s 4x400m relay; silver in women’s 4x400m relay & 800m, 5000m; bronze in 35km mixed team event. Anil Kushare (4th) & Jesse Sandesh (9th) in men’s high jump; Sheena Varkey Nellickal (6th) in women’s triple jump. #AsianAthleticsChamps2021
Indian quartet of Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh sealed the gold for India in the men’s 4x400m relay with a timing of 3:01.58.
Indian quartet of Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan also claimed a silver in women’s 4x400m relay.
The India quartet came up with an effort of 3:27.85 to finish second, while Bahrain dished out a Games record effort of 3:27:65 to claim the top position, while Sri Lanka won the bronze with a timing of 3:30:88.
It was third silver of the day for India in athletics.
Harmilan Bains and Avinash Sable won a silver medal each in women’s 800m and men’s 5000m respectively.
While Harmilan clocked an impressive timing of 2:03.75 to bag the silver, Sable produced an effort of 13:21.09.
Earlier in the day, Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the inaugural 35km mixed team event.
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