India added another athletics medal to its Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games campaign, securing bronze in the mixed 4x100m relay.
The Indian quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Harita Bhadra, Animesh Kujur and Sneha Shanuvali produced a season-best effort of 41.06 seconds to finish third.
India’s medal hopes came alive during the closing stages of the race, with Harita Bhadra delivering a strong anchor leg to bring the Indian team across the line and onto the podium.
The bronze adds to India’s growing athletics medal tally at the Games and underlines the country’s progress in relay events.
The Indian athletes held their composure in a high-pressure final, with the quartet combining speed and efficient baton exchanges to register a podium finish.
For India, the medal is another significant moment in an athletics campaign that has seen the country’s athletes make their presence felt across track and field events at Aichi-Nagoya.
India — 41.06s 🥉
The mixed relay has emerged as one of the newer opportunities for countries to showcase both their men’s and women’s sprinting depth, and India’s bronze provides another encouraging result from the athletics track.
India continues to add to its medal haul at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
