Assam’s Hima Das won gold in the 200m event at a Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic on 17 July. She clocked 23.25 seconds. This is her 4th win in 15 days. VK Vismaya won the silver and clocked 23.43 seconds. The timing is slower than her personal best of 50.79 seconds, which she managed at the Jakarta Asian Games and she also narrowly missed out on the World Championships qualifying mark of 51.80.
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However, it was better than the timing of 52.88 seconds, which she managed earlier in the season.
It was Hima’s fifth gold medal since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe.
In her first competitive 200m race of the year, she clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on July 2.
After that, she won her second 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet, also in Poland, on July 7 with a time of 23.97 seconds.
On July 13, she won her third 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in Czech Republic with a time of 23.43 while her fourth gold came at the Tabor Athletics Meet in the same country on Wednesday.
It was first competition in 400m for the 19-year-old from Assam, fondly called the ‘Dhing Express’, in the 400m event since she struggled to finish the Asian Athletics Championship in April this year because of a back issue.
Meanwhile, MP Jabir also won a gold in the 400-metre hurdles race, clocking 49.66 seconds but Mohammad Anas settled for a third-place finish in the 200m with a timing of 20.95 seconds.
Winning a silver was Nirmal Noah Tom in the 200m event with a timing of 46.05s.
About Hima Das
Dhing Express Hima Das, is an Indian sprint runner from the state of Assam. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 metres with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Born: 9 January 2000 (age 19 years), Dhing
Height: 1.67 m
Gold medal: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women’s 4 × 400 metres relay
Silver medals: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, etc.
Awards: Arjuna Award for Athletics
Parents: Ronjit Das, Jonali Das
