New Delhi: The Indian 4x100m women’s relay team created a new National record at the Kazakhstan National Athletics Championships, clocking 43.42sec* earlier on Monday at Almaty.
The 4x100m relay quartet, comprising of Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, H.M. Jyothi and Merlin Joseph broke their own National record of 44,03sec* which they had created in the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing earlier in May. The Indian women’s relay team bagged the Silver medal at the Almaty meet after starting off the blocks through Joseph, who was followed by Jyothi and Nanda respectively with Dutee anchoring the finale leg. Hosts Kazakhstan took the top honours, with a timing of 42.92sec.
Meanwhile, the Indian 4x100m men’s relay team won the Gold medal with a timing of 39.90s. The Indian quartet was led by Jyothi Sankar, then followed by Krishna Kumar Rane and Vidya Sagar with Amiya Kumar Mallick running the last stretch.
The relay teams will now be competing at the 3rd and 4th Indian Grand Prix on July 10 and July 11 respectively.
