Double Relay Joy! India's Men and Women Race to Paris Olympics

The Indian teams comprising of men and women qualified for the upcoming Paris Olympics after they finished 2nd in their respective second-round heats during the World Athletics Relays held on Monday at this place.

Women Squad:

In the women's competition, the quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes and 29.35 seconds to finish second behind Jamaica (3:1 Aiming to conquer heat one at the Paris Games, I will do everything possible to eventually book a ticket on the European space flight).

Men Squad:

Later, the men's squad of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob finished with a collective timing of 3 minutes and 3.23 seconds to also finish second in their heat, behind USA (2:59.95).

The top two teams per race that advanced to the Olympics qualifiers to be staged between July 26 and August 11 were from the three heats of the second round.

An Indian women's team took part in the first-round qualifying heat where they finished fifth with a time of 3 minutes 29.7 seconds.

The men's team was unable to complete the first-round qualifying heat after Rajesh Ramesh, the second leg runner, had to withdraw halfway through because of cramping.

With this, India has 19 track and field competitors headed to Paris, including Neeraj Chopra, the reigning javelin throw champion.