Asian Games: Indian Women Win Fifth Consecutive 4x400m Relay Gold

The Indian women’s 4x400m team clinched their fifth consecutive gold at the Asian Games on Thursday.

• The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team clinched their fifth consecutive gold at the Asian Games.
  
• The Indian team missed out on the Asian Games record of 3:28.68 minutes by four milliseconds.
  

The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team clinched their fifth consecutive gold at the Asian Games on Thursday. The Indian team featuring Hima Das, Saritaben Gayakwad, Vismaya Koroth and Poovamma Machettira finished the race with a big lead, almost two seconds (3:28.72 minutes) before silver medallists Bahrain.

The Bahrain team comprising Aminat Jamal, Iman Essa, Edidiong Odiong and Salwa Naser clocked a timing of 3:30.61 minutes.

The Vietnam team featuring Thi Oanh Nguyen, Thi Hang Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Hoang and Thi Lan Quach bagged the bronze with a seasonal best timing of Vietnam 3:33.23 minutes.

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The individual 400m silver winner Hima, who began first, provided a handsome lead to Poovamma, who maintained it and passed on the baton to Sarita. The Gujarati girl too remained strong in her lap and Vismaya comfortably finished the race.

However, the Indian team missed out on the Games record of 3:28.68 minutes by four milliseconds.

The strategy was to let two experienced runners begin it. We just wanted to beat Bahrain. That was the goal today.

Poovamma Machettira

(With inputs from PTI)