Indian men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams secure Paris 2024 Olympics quotas

Indian runners made their second chance count.

The Indian men’s 4x400m relay team of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob clocked a season’s best time of 3:03.23 to finish behind the USA in heat 2 to seal their berth.

Arokia Rajiv came into the team in place of the injured Rajesh Ramesh, who had to pull out of the men’s 4x400m relay race on Saturday, resulting in a DNF (did not finish) for the Indian team.

In the women’s 4x400m relay race at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, the quartet of Rupal, Jyothika Sri Dandi, MR Poovamma and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3:29.35 to finish behind Jamaica in their heat and earned India a quota.

Rupal replaced Vithya Ramraj from the team which competed on Saturday.

Indian runners, though, didn’t start in the second heat of the second mixed relay qualifying round on Sunday. However, India can still qualify a team for the event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Two quotas will be allocated based on the top list during the qualification period, which runs from December 31, 2022, to June 30, 2024.