National Open Relays: Quartet Of Gurindervir, Animesh, Manikanta, Amlan Rewrites Men's 4x100m National Record

A team comprising top sprinters Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, and Amlan Borgohain broke the national record in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2nd Indian Open Relay Competition here on Wednesday.

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The quartet, representing the Reliance Foundation team, clocked a timing of 38.69 seconds to set a new record in the discipline during the competitions held at Chandigarh's Sector 7 Sports Complex. The previous record of 38.89 seconds was set at Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The members of the record-breaking team are part of the Reliance Foundation's High-Performance Centre in association with the government of Odisha in Bhubaneswar.

The NCC 1 (National Coaching Camp) team of Jay Kumar, Vishal TK, Manu TS, and D. Choudhary won the men's 4x400m relay in a time of 3:04.31. The NCC 2 team of Santhosh T, Rince, Mohit Kumar, and Tushar Manna finished second in 3:04.92 while Tamil Nadu, represented by Mitresh G, Akash Raj, Rahul Balaji S, and Suraj A., took the bronze medal in 3:10.67.

Results:

Men

4x100m relay: Reliance 38.69 seconds (NR) — Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain), Tamil Nadu: 39.83 seconds (Tamil Arasu S, Manav R, Ragul Kumar G, Sam Vasanth S), Army 41.40 seconds (Ankur, Akshu Sindhu, Vetrivelan A, V Gurjar)