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Hima Das (born 9 January 2000), nicknamed Dhing Express, is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In the 400m individual event, she created a new national record of 51 seconds in the heats to sail into the finals, where she would again shift to a higher gear. Hima Das broke her own 400m national record within a day as she ran the final in 50.79 seconds, and won the silver.
At the IAAF World Under-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere, Finland, Hima Das etched her name in Indian sports’ history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at an international track event.
Running the 400m event in the World U-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, Hima Das clocked 51.46 seconds and made history by becoming the first-ever Indian sprinter to win a world track event.
Jul 13, 2018 · JUST 18 months after running her first competitive race — an inter-district meet in Sivasagar, Assam — 18-year-old Hima Das has created athletics history. The daughter of a rice farmer from Dhing village in Nagaon district, she got India its first ever track gold at a global event by winning the 400 metre final at the World U20 ...
Jul 12, 2018 · Hima Das created history on Thursday as she won India's first ever track gold medal at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships in Finland. Hima recorded a time of 51.46 seconds in the 400m race.
Jul 23, 2018 · Hima Das, star sprinter and social worker, to be rewarded by Assam chief minister. Hima Das, the daughter of a farmer in Assam, who ran to script history in far-away Finland (at the women's 400m final of the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships), has arrived. And what an arrival this has been.
Often Called ‘The Dhing Express’, Hima Das is a 19-year-old Indian sprinter hailing from Assam. Holder of the current Indian National Record in 400 Metres with the timing of 50.79s, she also became the first Indian woman and the first-ever Indian athlete to win a gold medal in any format of a global track event at IAAF World U20 ...
Jul 12, 2018 · In a landmark event for Indian track events, Indian sprinter Hima Das won India’s first-ever gold as she posted time of 51.46 seconds in 400 metres in women’s final at IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships on Thursday.
Find out how Hima Das made history for India by claiming the country's first ever gold medal at a world-level track event. The 18-year-old's glorious moment came in the 400m at the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Finland.
