Asiad 2018: India win women’s 4X400m gold

(180830) -- JAKARTA, Aug. 30, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Athletes of India celebrate after women's 4x400m relay final of athletics at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 30, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

Jakarta,   India won gold in the women’s 4X400 metre event at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday.

The Indian quartet of Hima Das, Raju Poovamma, Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad and Vismaya Koroth registered a time of 3 minutes and 28.72 seconds to finish at the top of the podium.

Bahrain got silver with 3:30.61 while the quartet from Vietnam clocked their season’s best time of 3:33.23 to bag the bronze medal.