Asian Athletics Championships: India win gold in mixed relay

India's 4x400m mixed relay team defended its gold with a domineering performanceat the 26th Asian Athletics Championship

Gumi (South Korea): India’s 4x400m mixed relay team defended its gold with a domineering performance after four individual silvers and a bronze in varying events bolstered the country’s overall tally to eight medals on a brilliant second day outing at the 26th Asian Athletics Championship here.

The Indian quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, Santhosh Kumar, Vishal TK, and Subha Venkatesan won the top honours with a timing of 3:18.12 sec. Of these, Rupal also claimed the individual women’s 400m silver earlier in the day.

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Subha, on the other hand, was a part of the mixed team that claimed gold in the 2023 edition.

China, which finished a distant second with a time of 3:20.52s, and Sri Lanka, which clocked 3:21.95s to take third place, were both disqualified. The reasons for their disqualification have not been disclosed yet.

Due to the disqualifications, Kazakhstan (3:22.70s) and Korea (3:22.87s) clinched the silver and bronze medals, respectively.