<p>The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team finished seventh in the final race of the World Championships with a season-best effort here.</p>.<p>The team of Muhammed Anas, V K Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Tom Nirmal Noah clocked 3 minutes 15.77 seconds to finish seventh in the field of eight countries on Sunday.</p>.<p>It was just a tad slower than the 3:15.71 clocked by the Indian team while winning gold in the Asian Games last year.</p>.<p>Anas began the race in lane number 8 and early in the second leg, Vismaya was running last. Third leg runner Jisna collided with a second leg runner of another country after collecting the baton from Vismaya, leading to the loss of crucial time though India was at the last spot by that time.</p>.<p>Noah recovered a bit but India ended at seventh in the end, ahead of Brazil.</p>.<p>United States took the gold in world record timing of 3:09.34 in the event which was making debut in the championships. Jamaica (3:11.78) and Bahrain (3:11.82) secured the silver and bronze respectively.</p>.<p>The Indian team had finished third in its heat and seventh overall on Saturday with timing of 3:16.14 to qualify for the finals, which had ensured a Tokyo Olympics berth for the country.</p>
<p>The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team finished seventh in the final race of the World Championships with a season-best effort here.</p>.<p>The team of Muhammed Anas, V K Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Tom Nirmal Noah clocked 3 minutes 15.77 seconds to finish seventh in the field of eight countries on Sunday.</p>.<p>It was just a tad slower than the 3:15.71 clocked by the Indian team while winning gold in the Asian Games last year.</p>.<p>Anas began the race in lane number 8 and early in the second leg, Vismaya was running last. Third leg runner Jisna collided with a second leg runner of another country after collecting the baton from Vismaya, leading to the loss of crucial time though India was at the last spot by that time.</p>.<p>Noah recovered a bit but India ended at seventh in the end, ahead of Brazil.</p>.<p>United States took the gold in world record timing of 3:09.34 in the event which was making debut in the championships. Jamaica (3:11.78) and Bahrain (3:11.82) secured the silver and bronze respectively.</p>.<p>The Indian team had finished third in its heat and seventh overall on Saturday with timing of 3:16.14 to qualify for the finals, which had ensured a Tokyo Olympics berth for the country.</p>