The Indian quartet of Barath Sridhar, Priya Mohan, Kapil and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes and 17.67 seconds to complete behind USA (3:17.69).
The Indian quartet of Barath Sridhar, Priya Mohan, Kapil and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes and 17.67 seconds to complete behind USA (3:17.69).
The Indian blended 4×400 relay group clinched a silver medal by bettering its personal Asian file time within the ultimate of the World U-20 Athletics Championships right here.
The Indian quartet of Barath Sridhar, Priya Mohan, Kapil and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes and 17.67 seconds to complete behind USA (3:17.69) on Tuesday evening.
The Indian group bettered its personal earlier Asian file of three:19.62 set right here a day earlier through the heats. The new timing of three:17.67 is the second finest (in juniors) within the all time record within the occasion, behind USA’s.
The Indian group had additionally certified for the ultimate as second total throughout the three warmth races behind USA.
This was India’s second consecutive medal within the blended 4x400m relay on the World U-20 Athletics Championships after the bronze on the final version in Nairobi in 2021, the place the occasion was launched for the primary time.
Rupal is the one new member of the quartet that had received bronze final 12 months whereas Sridhar, Priya, and Kapil have been there in that group.
The silver medal-winning efficiency was all of the extra spectacular as a lot of the Indians reached right here only a day earlier than the beginning of the occasion after an onerous journey as a result of visa points.
Jamaica took the bronze in 3:19.98.
India had received two silver and one bronze within the final version.
On Tuesday, Rupal and Priya had additionally made it to the 400m semifinals after sturdy performances within the first-round heats.
Rupal received warmth in 52.50s, whereas Priya clocked 52.56s to complete second in warmth quantity 5. Rupal was second total throughout 5 heats, whereas Priya was fourth. Priya had completed fourth within the 400m ultimate within the final version in Nairobi in 2021.
The 15-year-old Ashakiran Barla did not make it to the ladies’s 800m finals after ending fifth in warmth 3 and fifteenth total within the semifinals with a time of two:06.86. The high two in every warmth and the following two quickest throughout the three semifinal heats qualify for the finals.
Source: www.thehindu.com
