World Athletics U20 C'ship: India's 4x400m mixed relay team wins bronze medal
Aug 18, 2021
Kenya [Nairobi], August 18 : India's 4x400m mixed relay team won a bronze medal at the World Athletics U20 Championship in Nairobi on Wednesday.
The Indian quartet which consisted of Bharat Sridhar, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil finished third behind Nigeria and Poland with timing of 3:20.60 seconds. The Indians bettered their heats time in the final. Notably, this was also the mixed event's debut at the U20 Worlds.
Nigeria won gold by clocking 3:19.70 and Poland bagged silver with a timing of 3:19.80.
This is India's second medal at the Athletics U-20 World Championships in a track event after Hima Das' famous gold medal in 400m in 2018.
Earlier in the day the team of Abdul Razak Rasheed, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil clocked a time of 3:23.36 to finish ahead of the Czech Republic, Jamaica and Poland in the first heat.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) was quick to congratulate the team.
"India's 4x400m Mixed Relay Team wins a bronze medal at #WorldAthleticsU20 in Nairobi. They bettered their heats time to 3:20.60 in the final. Many congratulations!"
"Incredible effort from our young sprinters in the 4x400m Mixed Relay Team. First, a very strong qualification to finish second, and then following it up with the Bronze medal finish in the finals. I'm sure that a bright future lay ahead of them. My best wishes!" PT Usha tweeted.
