India announces 15-member squad for World Athletics Relays 2024

Top Indian quarter-milers set sights on Paris 2024 berths in Nassau.

India has announced its squad for World Athletics Relays 2024 to be held in Nassau, Bahamas on May 4-5. The event serves as a qualifying competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics, with quota places on offer for the top finishers.

The Indian contingent comprises a strong 15-member team that will compete across the men’s 4x400m, women’s 4x400m and mixed 4x400m relay events. The squads feature a mix of experienced campaigners and promising youngsters, spearheaded by the stars of the recent Hangzhou Asian Games success.

Amoj Jacob, Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Muhammad Ajmal, and Rajesh Ramesh, who clinched the men’s 4x400m gold at the Asiad, form the core of the eight-member men’s squad. They will be joined by 2018 Asiad mixed relay gold medallist Arokia Rajiv, Noah Nirmal Tom, Yashas Palaksha and Avinash Krishna Kumar.

The women’s 4x400m line-up is led by the seasoned MR Poovamma and includes the Asian Games silver medal-winning quartet of Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan. Jyothika Sri Dandi and Rupal complete the seven-member team.

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For the mixed 4x400m relay, the Asian Games silver medallists Vithya Ramraj and Rajesh Ramesh have been retained alongside Jyothika Sri Dandi, Amoj Jacob, Rupal, and Yashas.

The format in Nassau sees the top two teams from each heat progressing to the final while also securing Olympic quotas on the opening day. The remaining teams get another chance to seal Paris berths through an additional qualifying round where the top two teams in each heat will also qualify for the Paris Olympics.

In the finals on day two, teams will compete for prize money and obtain Olympic lane seeding positions. Start lists will be published on Friday 3 May, while team line-ups will be confirmed nearer to the time of each race.

India’s squad World Athletics Relays 2024

• Men’s 4x400m: Amoj Jacob, Avinash Krishna Kumar, Rajiv Arokia, Rajesh Ramesh, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Anas, Yashas
• Women’s 4x400m: Jyothika Sri Dandi, MR Poovamma, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi, Vithya Ramraj, Rupal, Subha Venkatesan
• Mixed 4x400m: Jyothika Sri Dandi, Vithya Ramraj, Rupal, Amoj Jacob, Rajesh Ramesh, Yashas

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