Anand Mahindra heaps praises on Indian Relay Team’s feat “Shooting For The Moon”

Anand Mahindra heaps praises on Indian Relay Team’s feat “Shooting For The Moon”

Anand Mahindra known to comment on achievements by people in various fields never forgets to appreciate them for their accomplishment.

Recently with the Indian men’s 4×400 relay team on achieving a historic landmark by qualifying for the World Athletics Championship final for the first time, the billionaire industrialist lauded them for their exceptional performance that resulted in setting a new Asian record with a time of 2.59.05 seconds amid the semi-final heats.

In his tweet, the Chairman of Mahindra group, Anand Mahindra wrote: shared the news of the “What? When? Where? An Indian men’s 4×400 relay team qualifying for the finals in the World Athletics Championship? Looks like everyone is shooting for the moon now… Look at them run…Our Cheetahs….”

The Indian Team scripted history on the global stage, the Indian men’s 4×400 relay squad, consisting of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, and Rajesh Ramesh, broke the existing Asian record of 2:59.51 previously set by a Japanese team.

At the initial stage, India was in sixth place with Muhammed Anas running the first leg. But in the second leg, Amoj Jacob’s amazing run moved India up to second place. Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh did a good job in the last two legs to keep up the pace and help India reach the final.

However, the USA team wrapped up first clocking 2:58.47s seconds. Great Britain took the final qualifying spot in heat-1 with a time of 2:59.42s. The Indian team was also the second-fastest across both the heats.

The teams from the USA, India, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Botswana, Jamaica, France, Italy, and the Netherlands have all qualified for the World Athletics Championship final.

“Not Runners-Up, But Run-Up To…”: Anand Mahindra To R Praggnanandhaa Mahindra concluded.

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