Historic mixed relay bronze for India in World athletics under-20 championships

Quartermiler Priya, javelin throwers Ajai and Jay and shot putter Amandeep enter final

Despite being the country’s fastest quartermiler, Priya H. Mohan had been left out of the Indian 4x400m mixed relay team for the Tokyo Olympics as she was not a national camper. But on Wednesday evening, the 18-year-old from Karnataka produced a strong second leg as India won the mixed relay bronze at the World athletics under-20 championships in Nairobi. It was the country’s first-ever medal in a relay event at the global level and the team, comprising Bharath Sridhar, Priya, Summy and Kapil, clocked a season-best 3:20.60s to better the time (3:23.36) it had posted in the heat in the morning.