Hima Das- The Dhing Express

Nicknamed 'Dhing Express', Hima Das is a 19-year-old Indian runner from the province of Assam. She turned into the main Indian lady — undoubtedly the primary ever Indian competitor — to win a gold decoration in any arrangement of a worldwide track occasion at IAAF World U20 Championships when she timed a speed of 51.46 seconds. Brought into the world on January 9, 2000, to rice ranchers in Dhing town of Assam's Nagaon region, Das won five consecutive gold decorations in about a month in the Czech Republic in July 2019. Hima Das was keen on sports since her youth. She consistently played football with neighborhood young men in mud pits close to her folks' rice fields and was persuaded to take up proficient games by a mentor.

Das chiefly partakes in ladies 400-meter, 200-meter, and 4x400-meter transfers. At Asian Games in 2018, she won a silver award in the 4×400-meter blended transfer. She likewise set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to complete 6th in the Commonwealth Games 400m last in Gold Coast in April 2018. In September 2018, Adidas marked an underwriting manager Hima Das. She was likewise consulted with Arjuna Award by the President of India on September 25, 2018. Das breezed through her twelfth assessment from Assam Higher Secondary Education Council in May 2019. As of late, the Bannerghatta Biological Park named a tigress whelp as 'Hima' to respect Indian competitor Hima Das. Hima contended in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and completed sixth in 400 meters running. Around the same time, she completed seventh in 4x400 meters transfer finishing it shortly at 33.61 seconds. With this triumph, she turned into the first Indian Sprint Runner to win Gold Medal at an International Track Under 20 title Event

By: Khushboo

Birla School Pilani