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Das, 18, a daughter of farmer parents from Kandhulimari Village in Nagaon District, became the hallmark of the nation after winning a gold medal at the World Championships in Athletics U-20 of the IAAF in Finland Thursday.
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She is also the first Indian woman – man or woman – to have won a medal of & # 39; Gold in a track event at world level.
She joined Neeraj Chopra who won a gold medal in a javelin – a field event – at the IAAF U-20 World Championships at the last edition in 2016 in Poland.
His father Ronjit Das has a lot of 2 bigha (0.4 acres) and his mother Junali is a housewife. The small piece of land was the only source of income for a family of six.
"I know the state of my family and how we fought, but the Almighty has something for everyone, I am a positive person and I want to move forward in life and do something to my parents and for the country ".
"But it was like a dream until now, I am now junior world champion," she added.
Das is the eldest of four brothers and sisters. She has three younger sisters and a younger brother. A younger sister is in clbad 10 while twins – a boy and a girl – are in clbad III. Hima herself is in grade XII at a college in Dhing, just a mile away from her village.
"She is very stubborn, if she wants to do something, she will not listen to anyone, but she will do it with aplomb, it's a strong girl and that's why she'll come to something to do something for the country, "said his father Ronjit from his village in Assam.
"Moreover, physically, she is very strong, she can kick like any of us, I told her not to play football with the boys but she did not not listened, "said his cousin Joy Das.
It's a difficult life for his parents given the meager income, but right now they can not stop celebrating.
"… we are happy that she chose the sport and she is doing well, our dream is that Hima wins medals at the Asian Games and at the Olympic Games … Since this morning, the whole village his gold medal from our parents came to us and we are distributing sweets. "
Das, however, do not think too far and just want to run faster.
"I'm not going on the track thinking that I'm going to win a medal, I think it's running faster and faster and I think it will result in medals," he said. she declared.
"I do not have a target at the moment, as if I would win a medal at the Asian Games or at the Olympics, I'm just happy that I'm doing something, bringing laurels to the country . "
The rise of Das was only meteoric. A teacher from her village school saw her pace while she was playing football in a muddy field of her village.
He told her to take athletics. Soon, the teenager was spotted by Nipon Das, a track and field coach at the Youth Sports and Wellness Branch at an inter-district meeting late 2016.
Nipon asks him to go to Guwahati, 150 km from his village, and convinces the young man that she has a future in athletics. His parents initially hesitated, but then gave in.
Das went to the Indira Gandhi athletics stadium at the Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati. Then, she won gold in the 400m Cup Federation at Patiala in March to qualify for the Commonwealth Games.
She finished sixth in the 400m Commonwealth Games and then lowered the Indian U-20 record of 400m to 51.13 seconds while winning gold at the recent Guwahati Inter-State National Championships to qualify for the next Asian Games in Indonesia.
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