National Champion Ben Offereins easily progressed through to the semi finals of the 400m with a comfortable 46.85 sec run at the Jawahdal Nehru Stadium.
Taking the first 200m out hard, Offereins eased up over the closing stages of the race and cruised to the line to gain automatic qualification through to the next round.
After the race Offereins confirmed what his goal was for the Games.
“I am out here to try to win a gold no matter who turns up” Offereins said. “All the Australian’s are wanting to medal. We haven’t come here to plod around, so we’ll all be chasing medals.”
In the semi finals Offereins has drawn heat two, with fellow Australians Sean Wroe and Joel Milburn drawing heats one and three respectively. These will be run at 11.28pm tonight AEST time.