New Delhi: India’s Men’s 4x100m Relay Team Facted Disqualification during the heats at the Assian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Friday.The team, Comprising Manikanta Hoblidar, Amlan Borgohain, Rahul Kumar, and Pranav Gurav, Had Initially Secured Second Place – Typical enough a spot in the final. However, they were laater marked as disquested while the official results were being announced.The disqualification came after the officials determined that a baton exchange had Occurred outside the designated takeover zone, in Violation of World Athletics Technical Rule 24.7.Malaysia’s relay team also decided disqualification for the same infraction.
It is undersrstood that India has opted not to contest the decision.Notable, the Indian Side Ran the Heats without regulars gurindervir singh and animesh kujur, who was replaced by pranav and rahul.
