<p>It was a mixed day for India's track and field athletes at the 20th Commonwealth Games here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the country made it through to the final of men's triple jump and javelin throw, the men's 4x400-metre and women's 4x100 relay teams were both ousted in the qualification round.<br /><br />India's Arpinder Singh Friday night advanced to the final of the men's triple jump finishing second with a jump of 16.51 metres.<br /><br />The Punjab athlete's national record setting jump of 17.17-metres in the 54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in June, made him the Commonwealth and Asian leader this season.<br /><br />The 22-year-old got a no jump in his first two attempts but in his third and final jump he soared to 16.51m only to bettered by Nigeria's Tosin Oke (16.75).<br /><br />Meanwhile, two out of three javelin throwers - Ravinder Singh Khaira and Vipin Kasana - also made it to the final of their event with Davinder Singh missing out.<br /><br />With a throw of 72.18m, Khaira advanced from qualification group A while Kasana recorded a 71.95m in qualification group B. Davinder (group B) could only manage a throw of 70.56 and failed to make the cut.<br /><br />Khaira and Kasana got through by the skin of their teeth qualifying 11 and 12th place repectively.<br /><br />Only the top 12 qualify for the final event. With a throw of 85.28m, Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott headed the field.<br /><br />The women's 4x100m relay team of Narayana Sharadha, Asha Roy, Srabani Nanda and Jyothi Manjunath finished fifth in heat 1 but there time of 44.81 seconds was not good enouugh to get through.<br /><br />Jamaica posted the fastest time 42.44 seconds in the heats.<br /><br />The men's 4x400m relay team of Kunhu Mohammed,Jithu Baby, Jibin Sebastian and Rajiv Arokia ad a distarous outing as they failed to post a time after being disqualified.<br /></p>
<p>It was a mixed day for India's track and field athletes at the 20th Commonwealth Games here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the country made it through to the final of men's triple jump and javelin throw, the men's 4x400-metre and women's 4x100 relay teams were both ousted in the qualification round.<br /><br />India's Arpinder Singh Friday night advanced to the final of the men's triple jump finishing second with a jump of 16.51 metres.<br /><br />The Punjab athlete's national record setting jump of 17.17-metres in the 54th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in June, made him the Commonwealth and Asian leader this season.<br /><br />The 22-year-old got a no jump in his first two attempts but in his third and final jump he soared to 16.51m only to bettered by Nigeria's Tosin Oke (16.75).<br /><br />Meanwhile, two out of three javelin throwers - Ravinder Singh Khaira and Vipin Kasana - also made it to the final of their event with Davinder Singh missing out.<br /><br />With a throw of 72.18m, Khaira advanced from qualification group A while Kasana recorded a 71.95m in qualification group B. Davinder (group B) could only manage a throw of 70.56 and failed to make the cut.<br /><br />Khaira and Kasana got through by the skin of their teeth qualifying 11 and 12th place repectively.<br /><br />Only the top 12 qualify for the final event. With a throw of 85.28m, Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott headed the field.<br /><br />The women's 4x100m relay team of Narayana Sharadha, Asha Roy, Srabani Nanda and Jyothi Manjunath finished fifth in heat 1 but there time of 44.81 seconds was not good enouugh to get through.<br /><br />Jamaica posted the fastest time 42.44 seconds in the heats.<br /><br />The men's 4x400m relay team of Kunhu Mohammed,Jithu Baby, Jibin Sebastian and Rajiv Arokia ad a distarous outing as they failed to post a time after being disqualified.<br /></p>