The national women’s 4*400m relay team will miss the Olympics and World Athletics Championships qualifying event because of injury problems.
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The national women’s 4*400m relay team has pulled out of the IAAF World Relays because of injuries to some of the team members, as per reports. The World Relays will be held in Poland on May 1 and 2, it will be a qualifying competition for the Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Athletics Championship to be held in Oregon, USA. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) had announced the squad for the World Relays this month. The Indian men’s 4*400m and women’s 4*100m relay team’s participation is also facing some uncertainty due to the travel restrictions imposed on flights from India because of the spike in COVID-19 cases.
The AFI had selected a six-member Indian women’s 4*400m relay team this month for the World Relays. The team comprises- MR Poovamma, Subha Venkatesan, Kiran, Anjali Devi, R Revathi, VK Vismaya and Jisna Mathew. Anjali Devi, who has the best timing in the team, is reportedly still recovering from an injury she had sustained in March this year. Jisna Mathew has also reportedly pulled out of the competition because of injury.
The Indian 4*400m mixed relay team had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics at the 2019 World Athletics Championship in Doha. The Indian women’s 4*400m relay team finished 6th in the heat at the 2019 World Athletics Championships with a timing of 3 minutes and 29 seconds. The team comprised- MR Poovamma, Jisna Mathew, Venkatesan Subha and VK Vismaya.
The Indian men’s 4*400m and women’s 4*100m relay team’s participation in the World Relays are also doubtful, because of travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 situation. The Indian teams connecting flight to Amsterdam has been canceled due to rising covid-19 cases in the country. They were supposed to board a KLM flight on Tuesday but the Dutch government has suspended flights from India effective from Monday evening.
The men’s 4*400m relay team announced by AFI- Amoj, Naganathan P, Md Anas, Arokia Rajiv, Sarthak B, Dharun, Nirmal Noah Tom.
The women’s 4*100m relay team- Dhanalakshmi, Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Archana Suseendran, Himashree, Daneshwari.
S Dhanalashmi made it into the Indian team on the back of her impressive performance at the 24th Federation Cup National Athletics Championship held in Patiala. She beat India’s star sprinter Dutee Chand to win gold in the 100m final. She had also beaten Hima Das en route to the 200m final.
