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'This was all planned': Raj Mohan on 4x400m relay team breaking Asian Record
Updated On: 28 August, 2023 08:27 AM IST | Budapest | Sundeep Misra
Assistant coach Raj Mohan insists it’s no surprise that India’s 4x400m men’s team stormed into final; says squad arrived early, on August 2, to get acclimatised and were confident of doing well
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India’s Rajesh Ramesh (left), Muhammed Ajmal, Amoj Jacob and Muhammed Anas Yahiya (right) after the men’s 4x400m relay heats at Budapest on Saturday. PIC/AFP
As we fretted that track wasn’t making enough progress in the ongoing World Championships, apart from exceptions like Parul Choudhary in the 3000m steeplechase, out of the blue, like a car blazing down the wrong side, blindsiding everybody, the Indian men’s relay team, not only qualified for the World Championships final, but in the process also broke the Asian record with a timing of 2:59.05. The previous record, 2:59.51, was with Japan.
Assistant coach with the athletic team, Raj Mohan is not surprised. In fact, he is a little amazed that someone is ‘surprised’ with the result. “We believed in it,” Raj Mohan says. “It was all planned. And that is the reason why the team was here from August 2.”
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