Commonwealth Games 2018: Athletics Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 4, Muhammed Anas Yahiya carries India's hopes, Live Updates

Anas qualifies for the semi-finals.

Updated: 08 April 2018 11:44 IST - Published: April, 08 2018 10:38 AM IST

And that's a wrap.

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The semi-finals are scheduled on Monday, where India's Anas will be in action.

Let's hope he can keep the Indian Tricolour flying high!

The Qualification Rules state:

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals

And that means,

from this heat

India's Anas, Jamaica's McDonald and Botswana's Thebe have qualified for the semi-finals with 45.96, 45.99 and 46.17 respectively.

With that timing, where exactly does Anas stand among all the semi-finalists will be known once all the heats are completed later in the day.

Anas has qualified for the semi-finals!

Muhammad Anas Yahiya has topped Heat 4 with a timing of 45.96

And we are off!

His personal best and season's best both are 45.32 seconds

Anas has participated at the Rio Olympics and is expected to qualify for the next round.

The action hasn't started yet as the Heat 3 is still not over.

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Muhammed is a huge fan of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The young 23-year-old athlete from India has also been a long jumper in school.

Day 4 is off to a positive start for India with Punam Yadav winning a gold in Weightlifting & Mery Kom securing a Bronze for herself in Boxing. India also beat the strong England team in women's hockey 2-1 coming back from 1 goal behind. The Women's 10m Air Pistol participants, India's Manu Bhaker & Heena Sidhu bagging a Gold medal and Silver medal respectively. The Indian Women's Table Tennis contingent also doing well defeating England 3-0 and moving on to the Gold medal match where they will be facing Singapore later in the day.

Day 4 brings Athletics to the roster for the first time. First up, is Men's 400m Round 1 in which India will be represented by Muhammed Anas Yahiya. Yahiya will be in Heat 4 of the event. The 23-year-old sprinter broke the national record for 400m in 2016, qualifying for the Rio Olympics in the process.

The Indian Muhammed Anas Yahiya will be up against Alexandar Lerionka Sampao of Kenya, Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad & Tobago, Samela Railoa of Fiji, Baloloki Thebe of Botswana, Rusheen Mcdonald of Jamaica, and Leonard Opiny of Uganda.

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