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The 18-year-old athlete, who finished fifth at 200m at the World Youth Athletics in Nairobi the year last, entered the competition in Tampere as a favorite in the 400m and proved his clbad, turn on the turbo chargers in the last 100 meters to decimate a field of quality to win the gold. This was not his personal best time, but will be remembered 51,46 in the annals of the history of Indian athletics. The girl from Assam became the first Indian athlete to win the gold medal at a world championship.
At the last edition in Bydgosczsz, Poland, Neeraj Chopra set a new junior world record on the road to gold in the men's javelin, but on the track, the world's second most populous nation Had not won a medal yet. Everything changed on Thursday night when India had its new poster in the sports world.
Entering the final stretch, it seemed that the American Taylor Manson, who was finishing with the bronze, and the Australian Ella Connolly could bother the Indian, but Hima, who was running in the Hall 4, had it reserved for the last time. victory. Romanian Andrea Miklos also ran a magnificent race and won silver in a personal best.
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"This victory beats all the other victories," Hima told TOI. "I'm going to note that feeling and then the Commonwealth Games, I'm a world champion and that's all God's wish," said Hima after a tiring day where she did not even find the lunch time. The historic victory flooded his phone with congratulatory calls and messages. Such was the torrent of calls that the teenager was forced to remove his photo from the number of WhatsApp.
"I would like to thank everyone who introduced me to athletics beginning with my first coach who spotted me.Thanks to Shamshul Sheikh, Nabajit Malakar, Nippon Das and Pratul Sharma who have done everything to help me run "added Hima.
400m national coach Basant Singh, who draped the tricolor around a jubilant Hima, said the young man was in great shape to win. "She was good at training and we were expecting gold, she won two GP prizes during training in Poland, she won a check for Rs 35,000 in one and has received a gift in the other. were 200m, "Basant told TOI. The 18-year-old also benefited from her stints with former foreign coach of India, Gallina Bukharina.
The first Indian to step on the podium of the U-20 World Championships was Seema Punia who won a bronze in discus in 2002 and in 2014, Navejeet repeated the feat of Seema. In the last edition, Chopra got India its third medal.
The intrepid attacker turns the brave sprinter
Young Hima made his name in and around his village in Dhing scoring dozens of goals for his local football club when a coach alert saw his raw speed and dragged him into athletics bending.
"I was playing striker and scoring a lot of goals, but I knew I could not do much in women's football because we are not good at football," Hima told TOI at the Commonwealth Games from Gold Coast. .
The 5th and youngest daughter of Ronjit and Jomali Das, Hima said that she used to help her father in the rice fields. "I loved driving the tractor when I was in clbad X. I also plowed the field with the help of oxen," said the bearded youngster.
It's in 2016 that it has attracted the attention of national breeders. She won two medals in sprints at the Nationals School, then at the U-18 National Junior Championships, she won a silver medal and a bronze medal in both 200 and 100 m. From Hyderabad, she qualified for the Asian Youth Meeting in Bangkok, and then attended the World Youth Meeting in Kenya last year.
The New Year saw its storm in the Commonwealth Games team and she ran a bumpy final at Gold Coast. Hima said it was a great experience to race against some of the best riders in the world in the CWG final and swore to win a medal at his next international competition.
"I learned a lot of things against them, I tell you that the next time I participate in an international competition, I will surely win the gold," she said in April. She kept her promise.
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