Friday, December 27, 2024
News

PM Modi hails men's relay team for clinching India's 18th gold in Asian Games

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

New Delhi | October 4, 2023 10:19:08 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian quartet of Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh who clinched a gold in the men's 4x400m relay event on Wednesday.

The Indian team clocked a timing of 3:01.58s to break the national record and walk away with the gold medal.

PM Modi hailed the athlete's brilliance and congratulated them for their splendid run.

"What an incredible display of brilliance by our Men's 4x400 Relay Team at the Asian Games. Proud of @muhammedanasyah, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh for such a splendid run and bringing back the Gold for India. Congrats to them," PM Modi wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

https://x.com/narendramodi/status/1709573446907355181?s=20

He also congratulated the women's 4x400 relay team consisting of Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan who won the silver medal.

"Proud of the Indian Women's 4x400 Relay Team for winning the Silver Medal at the Asian Games. Huge congratulations to Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan for this remarkable performance. Their grit, determination and teamwork have brought this joy to the nation," PM Modi wrote on X.

https://x.com/narendramodi/status/1709554941302620293?s=20

Despite besting the previous Asian Games record time (3:28.68 in 2014 Incheon), the Indian quartet were outplayed by Bahrain, who secured the gold medal with a new record time of 3:27.65. (ANI)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS ()
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
 
MORE SPORTS NEWS
'These things happen on cricket ground.....
Former cricketers Gambhir, Raina, Pathan...
Indian players wear black armbands at MC...
'Not harsh enough': Ponting's take on fi...
Women's Super Smash: India pacer Shikha ...
'HIL propelled us to greater heights': S...
More...
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
Last rites of former PM Manmohan Singh t...
'Hard work alone is not enough...': Khar...
Northeast Frontier Railway signs MoU wit...
'I will be at the forefront...': Prashan...
Rahul Gandhi slams Bihar govt for 'lathi...
Anand Mahindra, Gautam Adani express gri...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
Former cricketers Gambhir, Raina, P... 
Indian players wear black armbands ... 
WHO chief Tedros narrowly escapes a... 
"Not harsh enough": Ponting's take ... 
Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadnavis,... 
"These things happen on cricket gro... 
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan i... 
"Hard work alone is not enough...":...