Asian Games 2018: Muhammed Anas, Arokia Rajiv move to 400m semis; Chetan qualifies for high jump final

Muhammed Anas, who holds the national record in the event, topped his heat after clocking 45.63 sec, while Arokia Rajiv took 46.82 sec to qualify from Heat 4 at the Asian Games 2018.

Asian champion Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv qualified for the men’s 400m semifinals on the opening day of the Asian Games 2018 athletics competition in Jakarta on Saturday.

India's Muhammed Anas Yahiya crosses the finish line to win his men's 400m heat at the Asian Games 2018. (AP)

Anas, who holds the national record in the event, topped his heat after clocking 45.63 sec, while Rajiv took 46.82 sec 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).

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

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The semifinals will be held in the evening.

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.