Muhammad Anas and Arokia Rajiv to compete in the 400m semi-finals at 7:15 pm IST.
Chethan Balasubramanya qualifies for the men’s High Jump finals, to be held on 27 August at 5:30 pm IST.
Asian champion Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv qualified for the men's 400m semi-finals on the opening day of the Asian Games athletics competition in Jakarta on Saturday, 25 August.
Anas, who holds the national record in the event, topped his heat after clocking 45.63sec, while Rajiv took 46.82sec to qualify from Heat 4.
Anas, who has a personal best of 45.24, easily finished ahead of Qatar's Mohamed Abbas (45.81) and Sri Lanka's Kalinga Kumarage (45.99).
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Rajiv came finished second behind Qatar's Abdalelah Hassan (46.28).
The semi-finals will be held at 7:15 pm IST on Saturday, 25 August.
In high jump, Chetan Balasubramanya made the final by clearing 2.15m but none of the 13 qualifiers could touch the automatic qualification mark, which was set at 2.20m.
Chetan began with 2.05m before clearing 2.15m to manage a place in the final line-up.
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