New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated athletes Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh for qualifying for the ultimate of the lads’s 4X400 m relay workforce occasion on the ongoing World Athletics Championships and setting a brand new Asian file within the course of.
Indian males’s 4x400m relay workforce certified for the ultimate with a brand new Asian file on the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
“Incredible teamwork at the World Athletics Championships! Anas, Amoj, Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammed Ajmal sprinted into the finals, setting a new Asian Record in the M 4X400m Relay. This will be remembered as a triumphant comeback, truly historical for Indian athletics,” tweeted PM Modi.
The Indian workforce comprising Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh clocked 2:59:05 to complete second total within the heats at Budapest. The Indian males’s 4x400m relay workforce clocked a brand new Asian file and progressed to the ultimate on Saturday.They broke the Asian file of two:59.51, set by Japan on the world championships in Oregon final 12 months.
The Indian workforce completed behind the USA in a nine-team warmth 1. The USA clocked a time of two:58.47 and completed first whereas Great Britain completed third with 2:59.42 to take the ultimate qualifying spot in warmth 1.
The first three finishers from every of the 2 heats and two different groups with the quickest occasions made the lower for the ultimate.
Indian males’s timing additionally shattered the nationwide file of three:00.25, set by Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In the race, India was sixth after the primary leg run by Muhammed Anas however Amoj Jacob’s gorgeous sprint within the second leg put India in second place. Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh did effectively to carry onto the tempo within the remaining two legs to see India via to the ultimate.
The Indian workforce was additionally the second-fastest workforce throughout each heats. The remaining is scheduled on Sunday – the final day of the worldwide athletics meet. (ANI)