gold coast it was his first international meet of the season not to forget the biggest race of his life but shortage of experience on the world stage was no deterrent for muhammed anas as he proved in the mens 400m final on tuesday that the 23yearold could be a world beater in the coming years with the right kind of supportalso read anas misses 400m bronze by whisker hima das qualifies for women 400m finalin the end anas became part of indias famous fourth place club joining the likes of milkha singh and pt usha who had both closely missed bronze anas may not have come that close to the legends who missed olympic medals but in a worldclass field at the carrara sports stadium he was within sniffing distance of a bronze that eventually went to javon francis of jamaica part of the silverwinning 4x400m quartet at the rio olympicsalso read india at cwg heena sidhu sachin chaudhary lift medal tallyanas clocked 4531 seconds and francis was just 02 seconds faster to the line it helped the indian better the national mark of 4548s set by km binu at the athens olympics in 2004 issac makwala of botswana took the gold in 4435 seconds followed by teammate baboloki thebe who timed 4509 for silveran exhausted anas the first indian to make the 400m final after milkha singhs famous run in cardiff cwg in 1958 said when he started the competition he never thought he would reach the final i thought i will crash out in the heat but then i gained confidence and now im here fourth im happy he saidearlier hima das continued her impressive season as she blitzed into the final of the womens 400m competing in the first semifinals the assam girl timed 5153 to qualify for wednesdays title round as one of the two fastest losers the top2 from the three semis plus the two fastest losers made the final anas the navy man who almost made the qualification in federation cup said coach pb jaikumars advice of watching out for the start held him in good stead i wanted to go for the bronze but in the end i couldnt catch him francis in the semis i ran better and i had i repeated that today i would have won the bronze said anas the coach had asked me to be careful at the start of the seven who finished anas was the fifth fastest off the blocksi ran here for experience and now my focus is on the asian games i heard that i was the first after milkha singh to make the final but i tried not to think about all that he saidspeaking to toi in thiruvananthapuram anas coach jaikumar said he was expecting his ward to clock 4510 seconds there were a few mistakes as he ran the first 200m a bit slowly in the end he caught but the initial phase cost him a few milliseconds jaikumar