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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.She is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships.She was appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Assam Police under the state's Integrated Sport Policy.
Jan 9, 2024 · Hima Das is an Indian sprinter who is considered one of the most promising athletes in India. Check this page to read her biography- age, career, caste, family & much more!
Growing up in the hamlets of Assam, Hima Das always dreamt of making it big as a footballer. But as fate would have it, she turned out to be the toast of India’s sprinting world instead. At the IAAF World Under-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere, Finland, Hima Das etched her name in Indian sports ...
Young Hima was initially interested in football before she got into track sports and she used to play football with boys. Nipon (Hima’s Coach) spotted her during an inter-district meet. While talking about this in an interview, Nipon said, She was wearing cheap spikes, but she won gold in the 100 and 200.
Jun 11, 2022 · Hima Das was an unknown entity when the youngster was unexpectedly picked as part of the Indian athletics contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.. The then 18-year-old Indian sprinter had always wanted to play football but her raw speed while running across the muddy rice fields of Assam convinced a school coach that she should try out athletics.
Jul 13, 2018 · Hima Das: From Assam’s rice fields to becoming India’s first world gold medallist on track Tense on the starting block, Hima Das started slow and trailed on the home stretch, but her blazing run in the final 80m, where she overtook three rivals, saw her clocking 51.46 seconds.
Jul 14, 2018 · Indian sprinter Hima Das made the nation proud on Wednesday when she achieved the gold medal in the 400m final in World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. In achieving the elusive medal, she became the first Indian to bag a gold in a track event at the global level.
Jan 9, 2000 · Hima DAS, India - 100 Metres, 200 Metres, 300 Metres, 4x100 Metres Relay
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 Championships when she clocked a speed of 51.46 seconds. She is a living testimony of the transformation of austerity to triumph through the means of ...
Jul 23, 2018 · 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.
