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Hyderabad: The Indian Athletics Federation, which was criticized on Twitter for commenting on the not-so-fluent English athlete Hima Das, apologized but declined to take the job. Das, as we now know, became the first Indian athlete to win gold in a world track event.
In an official tweet, sharing a video of Hima's comments (where the message itself misspelled a word), AFI says, "# HimaDas' speking" to the media after its SF to # iaaftampere2018 @iaaforg not so fluent in English but she gave her best there too, so proud of you #HimaDas keep rocking and yes, try your best in Final.
Friday at 9pm, the tweet was still in place and had collected nearly 1.7 K comments, 921 re-tweets and 3,3k likes.
AFI had posted an interview of the 18-year-old champion who was soon caught after breaking the semifinals of the U20 World Championship in Tampere, Finland
Asked by the interviewer what she felt after the race, Hima said: "I feel good, a beautiful stadium, a track, a audience that has been supporting all players. "
Asked about her strategy for the final, she said:" I'm confident In the final, I'll do my best. "
The athlete of the state of Assam showed much more grace and meaning when she replied," My English is not very good, maybe just 40% fine. There is nothing wrong with that and I did not feel bad at all. "
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