Indian women's 4x400 relay team win Olympic qualification

NEW DELHI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Indian women's 4x400m relay team qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games, the Hindustan Times reported Friday.

They clocked 3:28.29s in the second meet of Asian Grand Prix at Korat, Thailand on Thursday.

The team ensured that it was among the world's top 16 teams that will run in Beijing this August.

India had finished seventh in Athens Olympics in 2004 and since then, the team won the titles at the Asian Games 2006, Asian Championships 2007 and grabbed a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games, 2006.

Slowdown in 2007 raised doubt over team's performance but it was largely due to transition of runners from junior to senior level, the report said.