Jakarta, August 25: Asian champion Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv qualified for the men's 400m semifinals on the opening day of the Asian Games athletics competition. 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. Asian Games 2018 Live News Updates Day 7.

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).

Rajiv came finished second behind Qatar's Abdalelah Hassan (46.28).

The semifinals will be held in the evening. Asian Games Medal Tally 2018 Updated: India's Medal Tally is 25, at 8th Position in Current Table and Country-Wise Medal Standings.

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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