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Tokyo 2020: MP Jabir finishes seventh in 400M hurdles heats; Mixed Relay team crashes out

The Kerala athlete disappointed as his time was way behind his own personal best (49.13) and season's best. (49.78) Jabir was ranked 33rd out of the 36 athletes who competed in the heats.

MP Jabir

Bengaluru, July 30: India's MP Jabir finished seventh in the 400M men's hurdles heats of Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a time of 50.77sec as he failed to make it to the semifinals.

A week into the Tokyo 2020 Games, the track and field events got off at Japan's National Stadium.

The Kerala athlete disappointed as his time was way behind his own personal best (49.13) and season's best. (49.78)

Jabir was ranked 33rd out of the 36 athletes who competed in the heats.

The third-fastest man in the history of the competition -- USA's Rai Benjamin won the Heat comfortably with a time of 48.60sec.

He was followed by Estonia's Rasmus Magi and Sokwakhana Zazini of South Africa.

Jabir was making his Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020. The ace athlete of the Indian Navy had qualified for Tokyo 2020 after he clocked 49.78sec to win gold at the Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala.

Jabir qualified through the world ranking quota where there are 14 spots available.

The 25-year-old is a Naval sailor from Malappuram.

It must have been a good learning curce though for Jabir, who was the first Indian male athlete to compete in 400M hurdles at the Olympics.

Poor outing for Mixed Relay Team

Meanwhile, India's 4x400M Mixed Relay team finished eighth in the second heats at the National Stadium.

The team comprising Alex Antony, Sarthak Bhambri, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan, and Arokia Rajiv clocked a timing of 3:19.93 which saw them finish last.

This despite the quartet finishing with their season's best time.

The heat was won by the team from Poland followed by the Netherlands and Jamaica.

This was the first time in the history of the Olympics that India had qualified for the 4x400M Mixed Relay event.

Story first published: Friday, July 30, 2021, 17:45 [IST]
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