Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20 (UNI) India men's 4x400 m relay team was disqualified while women's relay team failed to qualify for the final round of event in the Olympics athletics competition here. The men's team comprising Kunhu Muhammed, Muhammed Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun and Rajiv Arokia had clocked 3:02.24 to finish seventh in the heat and 13th overall, but post a review, got disqualified for illegal baton pass. The women's team comprising Nirmala Sheoran, Tintu Lukka, MR Poovamma and Anilda Thomas timed 3:29.53 minutes to finish seventh in its Heat and 13th overall in the 16-team contest. Away from the limelight, which was hogged by the star of day PV Sindhu, some of remnants of Indian athletic squad went through the motion of participating in the Games with another set of below par showing. The shape of things to come was evident the way 20 km woman walker Khushbir Kaur who came close to rewrite her on national record of 1:33.07, which she had set at the 2014 Asian Games while wining a silver medal ended her event. Khushbir clocked 1:40:33 to be placed 54th. The other Indian in the fray, Sapna Punia, did not finish the race, dropping out after the 8km mark. Khushbir, was 43rd after the 2km mark among a field of 74 athletes before completing the 6km mark with a timing of 28:04. The Indian who timed 1:09.00 to complete the 14km mark, received a caution for a bent knee before she finished the remaining 6kms, 11:58 behind leader Hong. In men's 50 Km men walk, National champion Sandeep Kumar did no better and finished 34th with 4:7:55, which was 26:57 behind the gold medallist Matej Toth of Slovakia. At the half-way mark, Sandeep was 48th with a time of 1:59:13, which was almost ten minutes behind the leader. 30-year-old Sandeep had set up a national record with 3:56. 22 in the IAAF Race walking last year. China's Hong Liu won the gold in 3:40.50. In the men's 50km event, world champion Toth managed to beat 2012 London Olympics gold medallist Jared Tallent of Australia into second place with a time of 3:40:58. Toth, 33, moved past the Australian in the latter stages of a race. The Australian racer clocked 3:41:16. Canada's Evan Dunfee (3:41:38) settled with a bronze did no better. UNI XC NC SW AE1700