Relay teams fail to qualify

In vain: The 4x400m mixed relay team in action yesterday PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
In vain: The 4x400m mixed relay team in action yesterday PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Botswana’s 4x400m mixed and women's relay teams have failed to qualify for the Budapest World Athletics Championships. The women's 4x400m team failed to compete due to unavailability of opponents while the mixed team finished in second position during the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) field and track event held at the National Stadium yesterday.

The team registered a time of 3:20.87 finishing behind Kenya who won the race in 3:15.94, while Zimbabwe came third in 3:37.03. The qualification time for 4x400m mixed relay was 3:14.00.

The qualifying format is that the first eight placed teams at the 2022 Oregon World Athletics Championships automatically qualify and the best ranked teams at the end of July 21 qualification period will fill the eight remaining places according to the best performances. Yesterday was the deadline for relays and the deadline for individual qualifications is July 30.

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