18-year-old Assamese sprinter, Hima Das, made the entire nation proud by winning the women's 400 metre final at the Under-20 Athletics Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland on 12 July, 2018
18-year-old Assamese sprinter, Hima Das, made the entire nation proud by winning the women's 400 metre final at the Under-20 Athletics Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland on 12 July, 2018. Hima has now become the fourth Indian ever to win a medal at the U-20 World Championships and the second to win a gold after Neeraj Chopra won the Javelin Throw at Bydgoszcz in 2016.
No Indian woman before Das has won a gold medal in a World Championship at any level, be it youth, junior or senior. She is also the first Indian -- men or women -- to have won a gold in a track event at the world level. Speaking to IAAF after the win, Das said, “I’m very proud to hold the Indian flag on my shoulders, I’d like to thank India and my team leader and my coach. My biggest strength is the last 100m. Next for me will be the Asian Games but my big dream is to compete in the Olympics one day.”
Several Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar on Friday congratulated the Indian athlete on her big win.
Here's what the celebrities tweeted -
Akshay Kumar
"Historic! Congratulations Hima Das for winning India's first Gold at a global track event in Under - 20 World Athletics. Nicely done"
Amitabh Bachchan
"T 2865 - CONGRATULATIONS .. #HimaDas , the first Indian Women to win a GOLD in World Athletic track event EVER ! INDIA is proud of you .. you have given us reason to hold up our heads HIGH ! JAI HIND !!"
Shatrughan Sinha
"Yet another brilliant performance from India's daughter..Kudos to India's Hima Das who made history by becoming our first track athlete to become a world champion at any level after winning the women's 400m at the U-20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland on Thursday
#HimaDas"
Farhan Akhtar
"Congratulations #HimaDas.. 400 meter winner in world Under-20 championships.. proud moment.
It’s amazing that it coincides with the 5 year anniversary of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag & Milkha-ji’s biggest dream was to witness an Indian athlete win Gold in track & field."
Boman Irani
"Congratulations #HimaDas on making the entire Nation proud with your spectacular feat.
Your Gold at the #IAAFTAMPERE2018 will inspire many generations to come."
Kirron Kher
"Congratulations, dear Hima. You’ve made India proud. You are a shining inspiration for our champions in the making. #HimaDas"
Dear Bollywood, here's a little advice. Praise Hima all you want, but no biopic please! Because we Indians are donnnneee with sports biopics!
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