Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Claim
Indian men’s 4X400 men’s relay team qualifies for the finals at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
Fact
Newschecker first ran a keyword search for “India 4×400 relay Paris Olympics”, which did not throw up any credible news reports. Also, we learnt that the event is scheduled for August 9 and August 11, proving that the video is of an old race. The track and field events are scheduled to be held from August 1 to August 11.
Newschecker noticed that the commentator stated (at 03:51) that it was India’s first time qualifying for the World Championship final in the event. Taking a cue from this, we ran a relevant keyword search, which led us to this NDTV news report, dated August 27, 2023, stating that the quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, and Rajesh Ramesh helped India shatter the Asian record, clocking 2 minutes and 59.05 seconds to qualify for its maiden final round of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Similar reports can be seen here and here, adding that the team finished fifth in the final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
The viral video had also been shared by TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on August 27, 2023, hailing the team’s achievement, thus confirming that the clip is not related to the ongoing Olympics in Paris. We learnt that the Indian men’s and women’s 4x400m teams secured Paris 2024 Olympic quotas at the World Athletics Relays 24 in Nassau, Bahamas earlier this year.
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Conclusion
Old video of India’s 4X400 men’s relay qualifying for the World Athletics Championship finals in Hungary is being falsely shared as the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics.
Result: False
Sources
Paris Olympics website
NDTV report, August 27, 2023
Tweet, Derek O’Brien, August 27, 2023
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
