The Indian women’s 4×400 metre relay team has qualified for Paris Olympics after finishing second in its second-round heat at the World Athletics Relays at Nassau in Bahamas. 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 to book a Paris Games ticket. The Indian team had finished fifth in the first-round qualifying heat yesterday with a time of 3 minutes and 29.74 seconds.
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