Asian Athletics C'ships: Gulveer Singh, Pooja Singh, Nandini Agasara win golds, Parul Chaudhary sets national record- Highlights

At the halfway stage, Gulveer and Abhishek are amongst the leading pack

The leading pack of seven players has two from Japan, two from India, and one each from China, Bahrain, and Thailand.

Up Next: - The Men's 5000m Final - Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal

Anu Kumar also advances to the men's 800m final with a time of 1:47.00s

Krishan Kumar advances to the men's 800m final with a time of 1:48.66s

Up Next: - Men's 800m Round 1

India's Krishan Kumar and Anu Kumar will be in action at the preliminary round of the men's 800m.

Pooja also qualifies for the women's 800m final after finishing second in heat 2

Pooja, who already won a medal in women's 1500m, has now reached her second final of the competition with a personal best time of 2:02.70s.

Twinkle Chaudhary qualifies for women's 800m final, finishing second in heat 1

She clocked a time of 2:04.21s to comfortably book her place in the final.

Up Next: - Women's 800m Round 1 at 2:30 PM IST

Twinkle Chaudhary and Pooja will be competing in the event, chasing a place in the final.

In the women's heptathlon, Nandini Agasara dropped to second position after the Javelin throw

China's Liu Jingyi made a massive throw of 52.08m to overtake Nandini Agasara on the leaderboard by 54 points.

With the final discipline of 800m left, the fight for the title has been closely poised between Nandini and Liu.

Anu Raghvan also qualifies for the final after finishing third in heat 2

Anu joined Vithya Ramraj in the women's 400m hurdles final with a new season best time of 57.48s