Tokyo Olympics Athletics: India's 4x400m relay team breaks Asian Record but fails to enter Finals

Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: India’s Men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian Record but fails to enter Finals: In a major disappointment for the Indian Athletics, India’s 4×400 M team comprising Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirmal Tom Noah, Muhammed Anas Yahiya managed breaking the Asian Record in the HEAT but still failed to make to the Finals of the event. India came 4th in their heat behind Poland, Jamaica & Belgium with a timing of 3:00:25. Other Indian participants for India on the day in Walking events disappointed – Follow LIVE Updates from Tokyo Olympics on InsideSport.co

Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: India’s Men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian Record but fails to enter Finals

Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami disappointed in Women’s 20km walk & Gurpreet Singh pulled out of 50Km walk after suffering crapmps during his event.

Entire India & the INDIAN Athletics contingent will now look forward to JAVELIN FINALS scheduled for SATURDAY. India’s big medal hope Neeraj Chopra will be seen in action at the event and is favorite to win a medal – Follow all LIVE Updates on InsideSport.co

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Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: India’s Men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian Record but fails to enter Finals

@17:06: Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2 – Indians in Lane 2: Can they make it to the Finals?

India No. 5th @ the end of 2nd LAP overtakes Japan
India at No. 6th after 1st LAP
India, Colombia, Jamaica, Japan, France, Belgium, Poland & South Africa
Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirmal Tom Noah, Muhammed Anas Yahiya running for India

@17:00: India at Tokyo Olympics – ATHLETICS 5:07 PM: Last event of the day coming for India – i.e Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2 (Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirmal Tom Noah, Muhammed Anas Yahiya) – Follow all LIVE Updates

Men’s 4x400m relay set for heats @5:07PM. Day 15 will be a huge day for the athletics as racewalkers will be in action while the Men’s 4x 400m relay team will compete in the Heats in Tokyo –

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@14:39:Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 20kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 17th
Bhawna Jat – 32nd

@14:24: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 18kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 17th
Bhawna Jat – 31st

@14:13: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 16kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 17th
Bhawna Jat – 31st

@14:06: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 14kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 15th
Bhawna Jat – 32nd

@14:00: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 12kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 10th
Bhawna Jat – 33th

@13:50: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 10kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 09th
Bhawna Jat – 35th

@13:43:Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 8kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 1st
Bhawna Jat – 43rd

@13:30: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 6kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 3rd
Bhawna Jat – 33rd

@13:24: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 4kms into the Women’s 20kms Race Walk

Priyanka Goswami – 4th
Bhawna Jat – 28th

@13:12: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: After 10 minutes, Priyanka Goswami is right up there in the leading pack of the Women’s 20km Race Walk. Bhawna Jat is a little ways behind

@13:02: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: Women’s 20km race walk final is underway. India’s Priyanka Goswami and Bhawna Jat are part of it.

Dont forget to #Cheer4India Priyanka G. and Bhawna J. are competing in Women’s 20 Race Walk! Go girls 😎🙌🏻🇮🇳 #Tokyo2020 #RaceWalk pic.twitter.com/8YzRpske2A

— Omkar Naikwad (@NaikwadOmkar) August 6, 2021

@12:28 PM: Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami will represent India in the women’s 20 km walk at 1 PM. Stay tuned for live action.

🇮🇳 athlete @Priyanka_Goswam is all set to participate in 20Km Race Walk event at #Tokyo2020

Watch this space for updates and don’t forget to #Cheer4India #Athletics #Olympics #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/tHybDinxLb

— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 6, 2021

@05:47AM: Tokyo Olympics Racewalk: India’s Gurpreet Singh has dropped out of the race

#Athletics #50kmWalk #Update

India’s Gurpreet Singh has dropped out of the race after competing for around 35Km as he was cramping due to the gruelling heat and humidity.

At halfway point of 25km, he was in the 49th position with the time of 2:01:54#Tokyo2020 #Olympics

— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 6, 2021

Indian Athletes in Action on Friday

Gurpreet Singh will be India’s sole competitor in the Men’s 50km racewalk finals
Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami will feature in the women’s 20km racewalk finals.
Meanwhile, the likes of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom and Naganathan Pandi will hope to make their mark in the 4×400 relay event.

India at Tokyo Olympics Day 15 Full Schedule, Match Timings & LIVE Updates

ATHLETICS – 2:00 AM: Men’s 50km Race Walk Final (Gurpreet Singh)
GOLF 5:29 AM: Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 (Diksha Dagar)
GOLF 5:48 AM: Women’s Individual Stroke Play Round 3 (Aditi Ashok)
HOCKEY 7:00 AM: Women’s Bronze Medal Match (India vs Great Britain)
WRESTLING – 8:07 AM: Women’s Freestyle 50kg 1/8 Final (Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi of Tunisia)
8:49 AM: Men’s Freestyle 65kg 1/8 Final (Bajrang Punia vs Ernazar Akmataliev of Kyrgyzstan)
ATHLETICS 1:00 PM: Women’s 20km Race Walk Final (Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami)
ATHLETICS 5:07 PM: Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2 (Amoj Jacob, Naganathan Pandi, Arokia Rajiv, Nirmal Tom Noah, Muhammed Anas Yahiya)

Tokyo Olympics India LIVE – Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: Gurpreet Singh (Athletics- Men’s 50km Race Walk Final)

Gurpreet Singh is currently ranked 104 and qualified for Tokyo 2020 by the world ranking quota. Singh clocked 3:59:42, managing to breach the four-hour mark at the national championships in February this year. The 37-year-old who has a career-best ranking of 80, will face stiff competition from Ukraine’s 2018 European champion Maryan Zakalnytskyy, local favourites Satoshi Maruo and Masatora Kawano, and 2019 world championship silver medallist Joao Vieira of Portugal, who all will be aiming to finish on the podium.

Time: 2:00 AM IST

Venue: Sapporo Odori Park

Tokyo Olympics India LIVE – Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: Bhawna Jat, Priyanka Goswami (Athletics- Women’s 20km Race Walk Final)

Priyanka Goswami and Bhawna Jat will be making their Olympics debut and will hope to make their mark in the race walk final on Friday. at held the national record by clocking 1:29:54 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the National Open Championships in February last year. However, Priyanka Goswami set a new Indian record of 1:28.45 and qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning the Indian Racewalking Championship in the 20 km race. After the disappointing performances of Sandeep Sharma, K. T. Irfan and Rahul Rohilla on Thursday, the onus will be on Jat and Goswami to set the record straight.

Time: 1:00 PM IST

Venue: Sapporo Odori Park

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Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 2

Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom and Naganathan Pandi will feature in the Men’s 4x 400m relay Round 1 Heat 2 on Friday. The quartet made it to Tokyo with a fine performance at the Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, clocking 3:01.89s to win their heats in Patiala. They will hope to capitalise on their ticket to the Summer Games and aim to make it to the finals.

Time: 5:07 PM IST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Tokyo Olympics India LIVE – Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: Follow all LIVE Updates as Indian Athletes take on World’s top runners & walkers on InsideSport.co

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