Commonwealth Games 2018: Athletics Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1, Mohammad Anas, Jithu Baby carry India's hopes, Live Updates

India have qualified for the final

With that, we come to the end of this race. But that's not the end of our coverage for today. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more updates from the Commonwealth Games.

Meanwhile, Australia finished third, to complete the qualification list.

Meanwhile, a late surge from India helped them finish right behind Jamaica (3:03.97).

Jamaica have finished the rolled into the pole position, and have secure qualification.

Not a great start by India, as they fall behind the rest of the pack.

Papua New Guinea, on the other hand, have pulled out of the race.

We are all set for the race to get underway, as the Indian team is set to go up against Jamaica, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicus Island, and the Bahamas.

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of Athletics Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1!

As the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games head into their final stages, there is still a lot of action to come.

Next up is Athletics Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1.

Indian contingent will be running in Heat 2.

Medals won on Day 8: Day 8 was a good one for India in Wrestling with Rahul Aware bringing home a Gold medal in Wrestling in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg category. Babita Kumari losing out to Diana Weicker in the Gold medal match in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg category and having to settle for a Silver medal. Kiran also winning a Bronze medal for India in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 76 kg. Sushil Kumar "the superman" winning a gold in Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg category.

In Shooting, Tejaswini Sawant won a Silver medal for India in the Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals. There was a lot of progress in Badminton and Table Tennis as well. Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, and H.S. Prannoy all advanced to the latter rounds of Singles category.

However, there was disappointment in Hockey, as the Indian Women's team lost 1-0 to Australia in the Semifinals. They will now face the loser of the other semifinal on a later date to confirm a bronze medal.

India will be looking to finish the tournament on a high as a lot of medals will be decided in the next three days, starting on Day 9.