India’s 4x100m women’s relay team sets new national record

The Indian 4x100m women’s relay team created a new national record at the Kazakhstan National Athletics Championships, clocking 43.42sec in Almaty on Monday. The 4x100m relay quartet, comprising of Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, H M Jyothi and Merlin Joseph bettered their earlier national record of 44.03sec, which was created in the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing in May. The Indian

women’s relay team won the silver medal at the Almaty meet after starting off the blocks through Joseph, who was followed by Jyothi and Nanda respectively with Dutee anchoring the finale leg.

Hosts Kazakhstan bagged the top honours with a timing of 42.92sec.