Asian Games 2018 | Athletics, Women's 100m, Day 8: Dutee Chand fighting for GOLD, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

The athletics action for the Indian athletes gets underway shortly!

Updated: 26 August 2018 19:57 IST - Published: 26 August 2018 08:48 IST

That's all the action we have for you from today's athletics events!

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Here's the wrap-up of today's Indian athletes in action -

Women's 400m - Hima Das (Silver)
Men's 400m - Muhammed Anas (Silver)
Women's 100m - Dutee Chand (Silver)

Men's 10,000m - Lakshmanan Govindan (Bronze, UNCONFIRMED)
Men's Long Jump - Shreeshankar (6th place)

Here are the final results from the Women's 100m finals!
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Dutee sports a huge smile and poses for the camera, wrapped up in the Indian flag as she waves to the crowd!

Dutee Chand wins the silver medal in the women's 100m finals with a timing of 11.32s!

What a moment for Dutee and India!

Dutee Chand did take the lead in the start and steamed away from the rest of the pack before Bahrain's Odiong pulled through to clinch the gold medal.

We now await the result, Dutee is in line for a silver medal!

Fantastic run from Dutee as she gathered momentum with every step!

Beautiful start for Dutee!

Right then, we are set!

On your marks, set and go!!

A namaste and a fist pump as Dutee is introduced to the crowd! She looks pumped and ready!

The athletes are on the track and are underway with their warmups!

Action soon!

In the qualifiers, Dutee clocked 11.38s to qualify from top spot of Heat 2 while in the semifinals, she finished with a time of 11.43s.

As we wait for the update on Govindan's bronze medal finish (or not), we will have Dutee Chand in action soon!

Yes the Indian team manager Ravinder Chaudhary has gone down to lodge a protest against Lakshmanan's disqualification.
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 26, 2018

Clarification regarding Govindan's status:

He stepped out of the lane but he still might have a chance to retain his medal.

We'll have to see what the final decision is regarding him.

Watch this space for further updates on Govindan!

Dharun Ayyasamy has qualified in second place for the final! That was a smashing performance by the Indian!!

The results of all the semi-finals have been updated and the field for the final has been released.

BOTH THE INDIANS GET AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATIONS!!!!!

Dharun Ayyasamy QUALIFIES FOR THE FINAL!!!!!

Here we go!

Dharun Ayyasamy will be looking to join Tamilarasan in the final.

Can he?

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