India clinched the silver medal in the men’s 4X400 metre event at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday. The Indian quartet of Muhammed Kunhu, Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammed Anas and Rajiv Arokia clocked a time of 3 minutes and 1.85 seconds. Qatar created a new Asian record of 3:00.56 to win the gold while Japan finished the race in 3:01.94 to bag the bronze medal. Ayyasamy Dharun said, "I am very happy, I wanted to win gold but my left leg got blocked, otherwise, we would have created a new national record. No problem. We are happy with this performance. We hope a better performance in future and break national record. We have been preparing for Asian Games only from past six months. We also went abroad for the training. Federation supported us as well. We are glad that we got a medal for our hard work."
