India's Mixed Relay Team Has Stormed Into Finals At Athletic Worlds & Booked Their Tickets To Tokyo Olympics
Proud moment! Our relay team is Olympics bound. Woahooo!
India mixed relay team produced a monumental effort on day 2 at the World Athletics Championships as they booked a place in final and sealed their ticket to Tokyo Olympics.
Reuters
The Indian team of Muhammed Anas, Vismaya, Krishna Mathew and Noah Nirmal finished 3rd, behind Poland and Brazil, with a time of 3:16.14s in the 4x400m relay.
India also edged out Belgium by two hundredths of a second with the latter finishing with a time of 3:16.16. They also bettered their previous season best of 3:16.47.
AFP
The finalists (top 8) in relay races in the World Championships are automatic qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics. The top 3 in each of the two heats and the next two fastest qualify for the final of the World Championships to be held on Sunday.
India¡¯s 4x400m Mixed relay team has also secured a place in the @Tokyo2020 @Olympics by reaching the final which assured them a top 8 finish!
¡ª Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) September 28, 2019
Congratulations!
Indian 4X400m Mixed Relay team has qualified for Tokyo Olympics by virtue of finishing in top 8 & qualifying for Finals of World Athletics Championships.
¡ª India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 28, 2019
India's timing of 3:16.14 is SB and is 7th best amongst 16 teams in fray. #WorldAthleticsChamps https://t.co/wy1zUtY9S2
¡ª Hima MON JAI (@HimaDas8) September 29, 2019
The relay team will now be looking to put up a good show on Sunday, and make the podium finish. With Olympic birth sealed, it continues to be a very eventful and successful year for our sprinters.
It also makes us genuine contenders for a Olympic medal and also adds extra bodies to our medal hopefuls who will take to Tokyo next year in search of Olympic glory.