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?

And now let's turn out attention to the men's 400m hurdles again as another Indian is in action.

That was heartbreaking, but rules are rules and we have to accept them.

Govindan Lakshmanan has been disqualified and has lost his bronze medal in the men's 10000m

Some highly disappointing news coming in!

Final standings of this semi-final coming up!

The Indian is just 20-year-old!!! Remarkable performance that was!

WHAT A RUN BY THE INDIAN IN THE FINAL STRETCH!!!

AND HE QUALIFIES FOR A FINAL BERTH!!!!!

The introduction of the athletes is over and the race is about to begin!

Can he get a final berth?

Let's find out!

India's Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan is in this semi-final

And men's 400m hurdles semi-finals is under way!

We are back with live updates!

Don't go anywhere as we have two more events involving Indians!!

Stay tuned for live updates!

And the the men's long jump has come to an end.

Final standings coming up!

He sure will be as he is very, very talented. Unfortunately, his medal hopes were dashed tonight by a late surge from the home hope Sapwaturrahman and the two Japanese -- Hashioka and Shiroyama.

Sreeshankar fouled his fifth attempt and shouted, "I'll be back!"

Sreeshankar has now dropped to the sixth position....looks like medal hopes are over for him

Current standings in the fifth attempt coming up!

The Indian now has to go above 8m to be in medal contention

Meanwhile, India fans will be disappointed to hear that Sreeshankar has slipped to the FIFTH position in men's long jump