Hima Das, the sprinter was injured on Saturday, as her muscle got pulled during the 100m race in the National Inter-state athletics Championship, which was held in Patiala.ย
Hima Das also known as Dhing Express, is a sprinter from Assam. During the 2018 Asian Games, she held the national record in the 400m race for a timing of about 50.79 seconds. She also became the first Indian athlete to have won a gold medal for the track event during the IAAF World U20 Championships. She is also the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for Assam Police.
Hima Das Injured Ahead Of Tokyo Olympics 2021
The Athletics Federation of India had tweeted, “We hope that Hima recovers quickly after the injury that she suffered in the 100m race this morning during Inter-state meet.”
She hasn’t yet qualified for the marquee event and there is a huge possibility that she could miss the Tokyo Olympics. Sheย participated in the race and secured the third position. Her timings were 12.01 seconds.
She had qualified for the final race, which was going to be held on Saturday, but nobody really knows as to the whether the ace sprinter would be able to participate in the final race.
Will the hamstring injury affect her Japan Olympic dreams?
The injury could become serious and if that’s the case, then it would be quite problematic for the 4x100m women’s relay team qualification for the Tokyo Olympics, since Hima is one of the important players from the team. The other sprinters comprising the team are Dutee Chand, Dhanalakshmi and Archana Suseendran.
Hima won’t be able to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics if she fails to make it to the relay team. Moreover, she is also hoping to qualify for the 200m event for the games.
Her injury has been giving her enough problems since a long time. Despite that, during the 200m IGP4 race, she ran for 22.88 seconds, which was also her personal best, but missed the required qualification mark, which was 22.80 seconds.