8226; Swimmer Shikha Tandon put up a brave show by finishing sixth in the 50m freestyle swimming premliminaries. But in the overall picture, her 27.08s was good only for the 40th spot

8226; The Indian markswomen failed in their bid to qualify for the 50m Rifle 3-position final. Anjali Bhagwat finished joint 13th collecting 575 points, while Deepali Deshpande finished 19th with 572 points

8226; After shocking Great Britian 230-228, the Indian women’s archery team of Dola Banerjee, Reena Kumari and Sumangala Sharma went down to France 227-228 in the quarter-final of the 27-arrow encounter

8226; Sailors Malav Shroff and Sumeet Patel continued their dismal run in the 49er class, finishing 19th in Races 7, 8 and 9 on the concluding day

Boxer Diwakar Prasad lost to Nigeria’s Nestor Bolum 13-33 in the second round of the 54kg category

Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai and Sawaiyan Majhi Elimination round vs Australia

Discus Throw qualifiers

Women’s 400m Heats

Heptathlon Long jump, Javelin, 800m

Group match vs New Zealand

August 21, Saturday

There were no major surprises in the women’s 100m heats on Friday, with Belarussian Yuliya Nesterenko fastest with 10.94. But the main events a completely different matter. Among the qualifiers are Merlene Ottey, Lauryn Williams, Irina Khabarova, LaTasha Collander, Gail Devers, et al, all of who can be counted on to give it a solid shot in the semi-finals and final