Updated On: 02 October, 2014 06:27 PM IST | | Agencies
<p><span>The Indian women's 4x400 metres relay team on Thursday successfully defended their Asian Games title with a new record at the Incheon Asiad </span></p>

Poovamma Machettira, Lukka Tintu, Mandeep Kaur and Priyanka Pawar
Incheon: India continued their stranglehold in women's 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition here today.
The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and M R Poovamma won an easy race in 3:28.68 to improve upon the earlier Games record of 3:29.02 which was also in the name of the gold-winning Indian team in 2010. This was the second gold for India from athletics after Seema Punia bagged the yellow metal in women's discus throw.