National Open Relay Carnival | Gurindervir, Animesh, Manikanta and Amlan set new National record in 4x100m

The four fastest men in Indian athletics together set a new 4x100m National record in challenging conditions, clocking 38.69 seconds to finish on top at the second Indian Open Relay competition at the Sector 7 Stadium here on Wednesday.

The quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain bettered the previous NR of 38.89 seconds set at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The group from Reliance had clocked 38.93 seconds, just 400th of a second off the NR, in the heats earlier in the day, but clearly had enough in their tanks to push harder in the hot and humid weather.

Interestingly, they will only be part of the Indian relay side at the Asian Championships in May, although the AFI has not sent any individual entries in the 100m. Two of the other three members of the relay side for the Asian meet – Ragul Kumar and Tamilarasu – helped Tamil Nadu finish second (39.83 seconds) along with Manav and Sam Vasanth.

In the 4x400m, the two teams from NCC, with four each from the Asian Championships squad, finished 1-2 as the AFI looks to revamp the team for the future with fresh faces. Jay Kumar, Manu T.S., Vishal T.K. and Dharamveer Chaudhary completed the race in 3:04.31 while Santhosh T., Mohit Kumar, Rince Joseph and Tushar Manna were second in 3:04.92.

The results: Men: 4x100m: 1. Reliance 38.69s (Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain), 2. Tamil Nadu 39.83s (Tamilarasu S., Manav R., Ragul Kumar G., Sam Vasanth S.), 3. Army 41.40s (Ankur, Akshu Sindhu, Vetrivelan A., V. Gurjar).

4x400m: 1. NCC1 3:04.31 (Jay Kumar, Manu T.S., Vishal T.K., D. Chaudhary), 2. NCC2 3:04.92 (Santhosh T., Mohit Kumar, Rince, Tushar Manna), 3. Tamil Nadu 3:10.67 (Mitresh G., Rahul Balaji S., Akash Raj, Suraj A.).

4x100m u-20: 1. Reliance 40.60s (Mahendra Santa, Abhay Singh, Astik Pradhan, Pratik Maharana), 2. Tamil Nadu 41.63s (Santhosh P., Varun Manohar, Yagavaraj A., Tharun S.M.), 3. Rajasthan 42.22s (D. Singh Shekhawat, Sourabh Tak, R. Kumar Bajiya, Gourav Yadav).

4x400m u-20: 1. Tamil Nadu 3:12.13 (Vignesh V., Jerome Sanjay N.J., Nakul Prabhu, Sharan M.), 2. NCOE Pat 3:12.38 (Amit Kumar, Munna Kumar, Suryakanta Kar, Gajendra Singh), 3. Punjab 3:13.40 (Tarandeep Singh, Jashanpreet Singh, Harjot Singh, Harmandeep Singh).

Women: 4x100m: 1. NCOE Tvm 44.12s (Srabani Nanda, Sneha S.S., Abhinaya Rajarajan, Nithya Gandhe), 2. Tamil Nadu 46.07s (Nithya Ramraj, Angel Silvia M., G. Ravikumar, Kiruthika), 3. Haryana 49.68s (Anshu, Shalenshi, Priyanka, Shubham).

4x400m: 1. NCC 3:32.64 (Sneha K., Rupal, Jisna Mathew, Subha Venkatesan), 2. Tamil Nadu 3:40.85 (Dhesika V., N. Mariea, Akshya Baskar, R. Vithya Ramraj), 3. Uttar Pradesh 3:56.70 (Kajal, Sushma Yadav, Manu Singh, Roopa).

4x100m u-20: 1. Haryana 51.83s (Neha, Saniya, Lakshita Maan, Aayushi), 2. Rajasthan 53.89s Kritika Rathore, M.S. Poonam, Sonu Rawat, Ankar Choudhary), Tamil Nadu 55.15s (Subadharsini, Valliyamma M., Varsha S.S., B. Baskar).

4x400m u-20: 1. Tamil Nadu 3:47.25 (S. Chandrakumar, Punitha Durairajan, Harshita R., Mari M), 2. IOCL 3:47.93 (Nofisa Khatun, Mahi Nandal, Gunashya V., Roshani Yadav), 3. Delhi 3:52.04 (Riya Bisht, Harshika, Harshita Goswami, Astha Mallick).

Mixed: 4x100m: 1. Tamil Nadu 43.44s (Angel Silvia M., Vysali Ganesan, Tamilarasu S., Gitson I.), 2. Odisha 43.61s (Bonita Lakra, Manisha Merel, Abhinash Sahu, D. Jayaram), 3. Punjab 44.36s (Harleen Kaur, Sarbjeet Kaur, Harmanpreet Singh, Kulvir Ram).

4x400m: 1. NCC 3:19.24 (Jay Kumar, Sneha K., Vishal T.K., Rupal), 2. Tamil Nadu 3:24.46 (Ragul Kumar G., Desikha V., Suraj A., R. Vithya Ramraj), 3. Reliance 3:36.85 (Saswat Kumar Sahoo, Ramandeep Kaur, Bhima Sardar, Sukhi Baskey).

4x100m u-20: 1. Punjab 45.29s (Jaslin Saini, Lovejot Kaur, Varun Sharma, J. Dhillon), 2. Chandigarh 48.28s (Punya Handa, Anshika Sharma, Puneet, Gurbachan Singh), 3. Rajasthan 49.65s (Harsika, Neetu Choudhary, Nitesh Ghaswa, Dharmaraj Jakhad).

4x400m u-20: 1. Punjab 3:32.21 (Tarandeep Singh, Saroj Rani, Harmandeep Singh, Supreet Kaur), 2. Tamil Nadu 3:34.33 (Pragadheesh S.K., S. Senthil Kumar, Uwin Ananthan, S. Chandrakumar).