The Indian men’s 4x400m relay team, consisting of Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Muhammad Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv, and Amoj Jacob, seized their second chance and ran an impressive season’s best time of 3:03.23 to secure a spot in the event. The team was originally composed of Rajesh Ramesh but he had to withdraw from the race on Saturday, causing a did not finish (DNF) for India.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 4x400m relay race, the Indian team of Rupal, Jyothika Sri Dandi, MR Poovamma, and Subha Venkatesan clocked a time of 3:29.35 to finish behind Jamaica in their heat and earn a quota for India. In this race too, there was a change as Vithya Ramraj was replaced by Rupal.
Despite not starting in the second heat of the mixed relay qualifying round, India still has a chance to qualify a team for the event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Two quotas will be distributed based on the top list during the qualification period between December 31, 2022 and June 30th