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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Indian Women's 4x100m Relay Team Breaks 18-Year-Old National Record IAAF Meet Wednesday May 18,2016

The Indian 4x100m women's relay team broke the 18-year-old national record to finish in 4th position at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing,China on Wednesday May 18,2016

The 4x100m women relay team comprising Dutee Chand , Srabani Nanda , HM Jyoti and Merlin Joseph clocked 44.03s to finish the race, breaking the 18-year-old record of 44.43s created by the quartet of Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, EB Shyla and PT Usha on July 22, 1998 in Fukuoka, Japan.

The Indian team ran with Merlin starting the race with Jyoti running the second followed by the Srabani with Dutee running the anchor leg.

The host nation grabbed the first and third positions with China A and China B team on the first and third position respectively while Japan finished second.

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