File image of India’s Rupal Chaudhary
The Indian men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams certified for Paris Olympics after ending second of their respective second-round heats on the World Athletics Relays within the Bahamas on Monday.
In the women’s competitors, the quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes and 29.35 seconds to complete second behind Jamaica (3:28.54) in warmth primary to e-book a Paris Games ticket.
Later, the men’s squad of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob completed with a collective timing of three minutes and 3.23 seconds to additionally end second of their warmth, behind USA (2:59.95).
The prime two teams in every of the three heats within the second spherical have been to qualify for the Olympics to be held from July 26 to August 11.
The Indian women’s group had completed fifth within the first-round qualifying warmth on Sunday with a time of three minutes and 29.74 seconds.
The men’s group had failed to complete within the first-round qualifying warmth after second leg runner Rajesh Ramesh pulled out halfway attributable to cramps.
With this, India now have 19 Paris-bound monitor and area athletes and the record contains defending javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra amongst others.
The athletics occasions on the Games will start on August 1.
