Vithya Ramaraj activates the afterburners, holds off Vietnam by 0.08 seconds as India storm to blended 4x400m silver at Asian Games

India added one other athletics medal to its Asian Games tally on Thursday because the blended 4x400m relay workforce of Manu, Vithya Ramaraj, Poovamma and Vishal TK received silver in Nagoya.Vishal TK began for India however couldn’t make a lot floor early on. Poovamma then took over and India risked slipping out of the medal race earlier than a burst within the last 50m introduced the workforce again into rivalry. She handed the baton to Manu with India in third.Manu stored India within the race earlier than handing over to Vithya Ramaraj for the ultimate leg. Vithya, identified for her sturdy anchor legs, made up floor on the ultimate lap and pulled India into second place to seal the silver.Asian Games full coverage | Schedule | Medal tallyBahrain’s Salwa Eid Nasser had already moved clear on the entrance and powered her workforce to gold in a Games-record 3:12.87. India completed in 3:14.46, whereas Vietnam took bronze in 3:14.54.Earlier within the day, India’s 16-year look forward to a girls’s 10,000m medal on the Asian Games ended as Seema Kumari received bronze in Nagoya.In a race that constructed slowly earlier than coming alive within the closing levels, Seema stayed in medal rivalry till the tip. Winfred Yavi and Japan’s Nozomi Tanaka broke away for a dash end for gold and silver, whereas Seema pulled away from the remainder of the sphere to safe third place.

Yavi received gold in 32:39.18, with Tanaka taking silver in 32:41.54. Seema accomplished the race in 32:50.05 to win bronze.It was India’s first girls’s 10,000m medal on the Asian Games in 16 years.