Indian 4x400m mixed relay team finishes 7th in World Championships

The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team finished seventh in the final race of the World Championships with a season-best effort in Khalifa Stadium, Doha on Sunday (September 29).

The team comprising of Muhammed Anas, VK Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Tom Nirmal Noah finished seventh after recording a run of 3 minutes 15.77 seconds among eigth countries.

The team had won gold at the Asian Games last year clocking 3:15.71, however, this time they were a tad slower.

Anas began the race in lane number 8 and early in the second leg, Vismaya was running last. Third leg runner Jisna collided with a second leg runner of another country after collecting the baton from Vismaya, leading to the loss of crucial time though India was at the last spot by that time.

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Noah recovered a bit but India ended at seventh in the end, ahead of Brazil.

United States took the gold in world record timing of 3:09.34 in the event which was making debut in the championships. Jamaica (3:11.78) and Bahrain (3:11.82) secured the silver and bronze respectively.

The Indian team had finished third in its heat and seventh overall on Saturday with a timing of 3:16.14 to qualify for the finals, which had ensured a Tokyo Olympics berth for the country.

(With inputs from agencies)