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India’s 4x400m men’s relay team, comprising Rince Joseph, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji, and Mohit Kumar, stormed into the final of the twenty sixth Asian Athletics Championships with its greatest ever effort to high the warmth on Thursday (May 29, 2025).
The quartet will begin from lane 5 within the final slated later within the night after clocking 3:06.28sec.
In the heats, India outpaced China (3:06.79) and hosts Korea (3:10.05) to safe direct qualification.
The final lineup contains robust contenders like Sri Lanka, China, and Kazakhstan, with Sri Lanka boasting of the season’s quickest of 3:01.56.
Women’s 10,000m final
In the ladies’s 10,000m final, India’s Sanjeevani Jadhav clocked a season’s greatest of 33:08.17sec, ending fifth, adopted intently by Seema in sixth at 33:08.23sec.
The occasion was dominated by Daisy Jepkemei of Kazakhstan (30:48.44), forward of Japan’s Ririrak Hironika (30:56.32) and Mikuni Yada (31:12.21).
India has managed eight podium finishes to this point within the continental showpiece, together with two gold, 4 silver and two bronze medals.
Published – May 29, 2025 11:47 am IST