India’s women’s 4x100m relay team delivered another commanding performance on the international stage, clinching gold at the New Taipei City Athletics Open 2026 while equalling the Championship Record of 44.07 seconds.
The quartet of Srabani, Sneha, Sudheshna and Tamanna combined brilliantly to dominate the race from start to finish. Srabani gave India a solid start on the opening leg before Sneha maintained the momentum through the second exchange. Sudheshna then produced a blistering third leg to extend India’s advantage, setting the stage for Tamanna to bring the baton home with a strong anchor leg.
The winning time of 44.07 seconds carried a special significance. Not only did it secure another gold medal for India, but it also matched the Championship Record set by the Indian team at the same competition last year.
Remarkably, India had won gold at the 2025 edition of the New Taipei City Athletics Open in exactly the same time — 44.07 seconds — making this year’s triumph a near-perfect repeat of their success from twelve months ago.
While the result underlined India’s superiority at the meet, the team has already shown that there is even more speed in reserve. Their best performance over the past two years came at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2025, where the quartet clocked an impressive 43.86 seconds, becoming one of the few Asian teams capable of regularly breaking the 44-second barrier.
That benchmark will be firmly in their sights as preparations continue for the Asian Games. In sprint relays, consistency is often as important as outright speed, and India’s women have steadily established themselves as one of the continent’s most reliable relay units.
The performance in New Taipei City offered further evidence of that growing stability. Clean baton exchanges, strong individual legs and a winning mentality helped India comfortably secure another international title while matching the meet record they already owned.
With the Asian Games on the horizon, India’s women’s sprint relay team will be aiming to convert this consistency into even faster times. If they can produce a few more sub-44-second performances in the coming months, they could emerge as genuine medal contenders against Asia’s strongest sprint relay nations.
For now, however, the team can celebrate another gold medal, another Championship Record, and another reminder that Indian women’s sprinting continues to move in the right direction.