Indian sprinter Hima Das creates a history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold in women's 400m run at World U-20 Championships 2018, at Tampere, Finland, clocking a time of 51.46 seconds.
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โ ZEUS (@sunshine_zeus) July 12, 2018
The 18-year-old from Assam clocked the fastest times in the two earlier rounds at Tampere and produced a strong finish in the last round.
She has now come on par with star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold in Poland in the last edition in 2016 in a world record effort.
The previous medal winners at the World Junior Championships were Seema Punia (bronze in discus in 2002) and Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (bronze in discus in 2014).
Das clocked an Indian U-20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in April.
While winning gold in the recently held National Inter-State Championships in Guwahati, Das lowered the Indian U-20 record in 400m to 51.13 seconds.
Various sports personalities congratulated Das on her win via Twitter
Wow! So proud of you Hima Das. Incredible, historic achievement on becoming the first Indian track athlete to win a medal at any global event winning Gold at women's 400m World U-20 Championships clocking a time of 51.47 seconds. Thank you for the happiness. pic.twitter.com/Cs5wY8sDuM
โ Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 12, 2018
The biggest positive to come out of what Hima Das has achieved isn't the medal, it's the hope that India can. Take a bow, champion!
โ Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11) July 13, 2018
WELL Done Golden Girl Hima
โ Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) July 13, 2018
first Indian woman to win Gold in #WorldJuniorAthleticsChampionship
PROUD OF YOU CHAMPION!!#HimaDas โ๐ปโ๐ป pic.twitter.com/HML2ScxZMe
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