India win gold in men’s 4x400m relay, women bag silver

HANGZHOU: The Indian quartet won gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay at the Asian Games on Wednesday. The team comprising of Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi finished with a time of 3:01.58.

India qualified for the finals by clocking the fastest time of 3:03.81 minutes in the heat 1 ahead of Qatar, Japan and Iraq.

Moreover, Indian women team won silver medal in the 4x400m relay. The team comprising of Aishwarya Mishra, Subha Venkatesan, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj, placed second clocking 3:27.85 behind the Bahrain’s timing of 3:27.65, who broke India’s Asian Games record of 3:28.68 set in 2014. Agencies

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