Another matter of pride for India. The Indian women's and men's 4x400 meter relay teams have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024. Both the teams have received this reward after their excellent performance in the World Athletics Relay.
The Indian women's and men's 4x400 meters relay teams qualified for the Paris Olympics by finishing second in the second round heats at the World Athletics Relays. The quartet of Rupal Chowdhary, MR Poovamma, Jyotika Sri Dandi and Shubha Venkatesan clocked 3:29.35 seconds to book their ticket to Paris by finishing second behind Jamaica in the first heat.
The Indian team finished fifth in the first round qualifying heat on Sunday with a timing of three minutes 29.74 seconds. Later, the men's team (Mohammad Anas Yahya, Mohammad Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv and Amol Jacob) finished second behind America (2:59.95) with a timing of 3 minutes 3.23 seconds.