Hima Das tests COVID positive: Assamese sprinter revealed in a tweet on October 13 that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The runner, who was part of the Indian 4x400m women’s relay team that had won a gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018, revealed in her post that her condition was […]

Das, who holds the nickname of Dhing Express, hails from the state of Assam and holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters with a timing of 50.79 s that she achieved at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Certainly, there will be people who taunt us and tell us that our dreams for too big for us but just have a look at the following Indian women once.

“Praying for the safety of everyone in Assam,” the athlete from Assam took to Twitter and wrote

Indian sprinter Hima Das and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be participating in a training-cum-competition event in Turkey. The National Federation reported that the two top athletes will be participating in the event later this month. 

This is the second gold medal won by the sprinter in 2021, earlier she outpaced everyone at Indian Grand Prix II and had won the women’s 200 m race.

Indian sprinters Dutee Chand and Hima Das gave spectacular performances at the Indian Grand Prix II tournament. Both of them won in the 100m and 200m race respectively. 

Hima Das was among the 20 recipients of the prestigious Arjuna award in 2019

To qualify directly for the 4×100m relay in the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian sprinters will have to aim for a top-eight finish in the World Relay Championships in Poland next year

The Indian quartet of Mohammed Anas, MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv had finished second clocking 3:15:71, right behind Bahrain which clocked 3:11:89.