World Athletics President showers praise on Indian athletes following U-20 World Championships bronze haul
India won the bronze medal during the U-20 World Athletics Championships 2021 in the 4x400m mixed team relay. Following the same, the entire team was congratulated by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
FollowIndia is slowly on the rise in the field of athletics. Meanwhile, it won the bronze medal during the U-20 World Athletics Championships 2021 on Wednesday, in the 4x400m mixed team relay.
The team of Bharath S, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil timed 3:20.60 to finish third and win the bronze. Consequently, it was only the fifth medal for India in the competition's history. Earlier, the team had finished first in the heat event, clocking 3:23.36, which happened to be an overall second-best championship record.
Following the same, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe congratulated the Indian side for its performance. He noted that India is making tremendous progress in athletics, and it should keep up the excellent work, as he enjoyed this performance by the Indians.
"This is what you need at the start of the championship. Congratulations to your 4x400m mixed relay team, fantastic performance in the heats as well. That means you have got to do what they have done. There is big pressure there. I loved watching you guys perform, and this is a sport and country that is really making great progress. You had great triumphs in Tokyo. Now, this your moment to shine on the stage, and then, it's your chance to go for the Olympics," he said in the video.
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Coe shared the video on his social media handles while he captioned it, "Such a pleasure to meet, discuss athletics and congratulate the talented athletes from around the world @WAU20Nairobi21. Our sport is in good hands with these promising and passionate next-generation athletes #WorldAthleticsU20 #homeofheroes #nairobi #india."
The same video was also shared by the Athletics Federation of India, which was captioned, "World Athletics chief @sebcoe to young #TeamIndia Champions- I love watching you guys, this is your chance, what you did is fantastic, Congratulations! This is why you are everyone's favourite legend, a true champion, a great leader of #Athletics Sebastian Coe. Thank you, chief!"
The bronze medal win comes when the nation is already celebrating the success of javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's gold-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics. It was the first time India had won Olympic gold in the athletics track and field event.
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