There are just two slots left to fight for in the women’s 4x100m relay for the Olympics and at No. 22, India is way down in the Road to Tokyo rankings. But Adille Sumariwalla believes the team will make the cut.
“The 4x100m women will run and qualify. They have not run, that is why they are way below in the rankings. One meet if they run, they will come up,” said the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president to Sportstar.
Clearly, girls like Dutee Chand, Hima Das and Dhanalakshmi have made the federation confident.
“Never in the history of Indian athletics have we had a sprint power like this. We have not run in two years and we are confident when the competition comes, the very first time they run, they will qualify. This sort of sprint power nobody has.”
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Change in stance
That came as a bit of a surprise for only a few weeks ago, the AFI withdrew its women’s 4x400m team — which the federation keeps insisting has the potential to win an Olympic medal — from the World Relays in Poland before the flight ban forced India to miss the event. The AFI had explained then that injuries and fitness issues were the reasons for the withdrawal.
In fact, after the pull-out, many had wondered whether the country could put together a quality women’s mile relay team for Tokyo.
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