Rio de Janeiro: Long distance runner Lalita Babar kept India's hopes alive by qualifying for the women's 3,000 metre Steeplechase finals while rower Dattu Bhokanal topped the Final C to finish 13th overall in another dismal day which saw the women's hockey team's quarter-final dreams dashed by Argentina.

Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech, right, and India's Lalita Babar, center, competes in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Pic/AFP