After strong 2023, Indian athletes hope to make impact in World Relays
The Hindu
Indian athletics contingent aims to qualify for Paris Olympics in World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 in Nassau.
A 15-member strong Indian athletics contingent will look to make an impact in scenic Nassau and hope to qualify for the Paris Olympics in three events when the two-day World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 commences in Nassau on May 4.
The Indian men's 4x400 relay team has been making waves of late, coming up with impressive performances at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo and following it up by challenging the USA's aura of invincibility at the World Championships in Budapest last August.
The team then lived up to the billing by clinching gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games with a tremendous run of 3:01.58.
On a high following those superb performances last year, India would be hoping to reset the national and Asian record of 2:59.05 seconds set by the quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh in Budapest.
The quartet will, however, have to work really hard to achieve that feat, given that its best this season is only 3:05.71 seconds, which is nearly four seconds adrift of the their gold medal-winning performance in Hangzhou.
As per the World Relay format for Paris, the two top teams in each heat on May 4 will advance to the final a day later. They will also secure Paris 2024 Olympic quotas in the process.
The Olympic lane seeding positions will be decided in the finals on May 5 and those will also be competing for medals.
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