Anju George won the long jump in the final leg of the Asian GP but failed to attain the qualifying mark for the World Championships in Osaka.
Swapna Barman competed in the two-day event with a taped right cheek to lessen pain arising out of teeth infection but still went on to win the gold medal in the women's heptathlon.
The American became only the third man to win both the 100 and 200 at a world championships.
China's Su Bingtian held off his opponents with a late burst of speed to win the event in 9.92 seconds.
The long jumper qualified despite failing to better her season's best performance at the Word Athletics Championships.
Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinched the men's shot put gold with a record-shattering throw to open India's medal account in athletics in the Asian Games, in Jakarta, on Saturday.
French long jumper Salim Sdiri was not seriously injured despite being impaled by a javelin at a Golden League meeting.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Despite a poor showing at the Commonwealth Games, the ace Indian long jumper climbed a notch in the IAAF rankings.
Anju set a new meet mark of 6.53 metres at the 46th National Senior Inter-State Athletics championships.
A string of lacklustre performances saw the Indian ace slip to No. 6 in the latest IAAF women's long jump rankings.
Gagan Narang grabbed the spotlight on Friday, winning the men's 50m Rifle 3-position event, for his his fourth gold medal of the Games.
The ace long jumper slipped one spot to joint eighth in the latest IAAF rankings.
It is the first time every athlete has been disqualified from a heat at a major championships.
The India ace's best jump was 6.34 metres, way below the cut-off mark of 6.55m, in the women's long jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
The Indian ace listed world number one Tatyana Kotova and Americans Tianna Madison and Grace Upshaw as her main competitors in Moscow.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 25-member contingent.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.
She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.
The race to find the continent's fastest woman saw Asher-Smith end the 100m reign of Dutchwoman Daphne Schippers in brilliant style, clocking 10.85, equalling the world's fastest time this year and setting a British record.
According to reports, Anju (finished 5th) along with fellow long jumpers, Australia's Bronwyn Thompson (4th) and England's Jade Johnson (6th), have urged a probe into the long jump event at the Athens Olympics. The trio has alleged that the performance of the Russians - Tatyana Lebedeva, Irina Meleshina and Tatyana Kotova - who were on the podium at Athens 2004, - were not clean as they had been banned later for failing dope tests.
American Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday, extending his reign in a sport whose champion earns the title of the world's greatest athlete.
Russia's Kotova Tatyana won the gold with an effort of 6.83m.
Anju Bobby George won the women's long jump while the women's 4x400 metres relay team \nset a new record in the Asian Athletics Championships.
Anju Bobby George came up with her best jump of the season to book a place in Tuesday's long jump final in Helsinki
Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
Anju Bobby George opened her European season by finishing fourth in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix
Indian sportspersons will be seen in action in 14 disciplines at the August 13-29 Games.
The heptathlete scored a whopping 6162 points on the concluding day of the Inter-state Athletics Championships and made the grade.
Anju George was again forced to settle for silver in the women's long jump, in the third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix athletics meet.
The ace long jumper was hampered by a knee injury on her return to domestic competition in the Inter-State Athletics Championships.
An Olympic historian disagrees with a widely held consensus that American swimmer Michael Phelps is the greatest ever Olympian.
Indian athletes bagged two gold, two silver and three bronze medals in the Asian Grand Prix in Sidoarja, Indonesia on Saturday.
The athletics event gets underway at the Afro Asian Games on Tuesday, but the starting list of foreigners is still unknown.
India's long jump ace said it could lead to another disappointing show for India at the coming Olympics.
She won the long jump gold medal at the 12th Federation Cup Athletics Championship on Friday.
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