BHUBANESWAR 10-Jul-2016
The Indian women’s 4x100m relay team, comprising of Merlin Joseph, Jyothi, Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda won the gold medal in the 3rd Indian Grand Prix at Sree Kanteerva Stadium in Bangalore today. But the team fell short of the qualification mark for Rio Olympics, finishing with a timing of 44.34 sec.
The women’s 4x100m relay team had created a new National record of 43.42s only last week on July 4 at Almaty (Kazakhstan). They will be taking another shot at achieving the Rio qualification mark in the 4th Indian Grand Prix at the same venue on Monday.
Meanwhile, Indian men’s 4x400m men’s relay team created a new National record which helped them leapfrog to 13th place in the world ranking, while the women’s 4x400m relay quartet clocked their best timing in recent times and climbed back to their world ranking of 12th position.
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PHOTO: Members Indian 4x100m women relay team celebrate their triumph in Bangalore on July 10, 2016.
