{"id":22643,"date":"2022-10-05T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=22643"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T04:18:46","slug":"dhing-express-hima-das-the-sprinter-who-is-compared-with-a-super-fast-train","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/dhing-express-hima-das-the-sprinter-who-is-compared-with-a-super-fast-train\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dhing Express\u2019 Hima Das: The sprinter who is compared with a super-fast train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(October 5, 2022) <\/strong>Sprinter Hima Das created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at a track event at the \u202fIAAF World U20 Championships in 2018 in Finland. Owing to her fantastic sports performances back-to-back, the Assam-born athlete was appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police\u202f(DSP) under Assam\u2019s state integrated sport policy in 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22669 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Banner_Hima-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"611\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 917px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 917\/611;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22669 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Banner_Hima-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"611\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Proud to wear this uniform and fortunate enough to serve my state and my country on two fields.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hima posted on social media, donning her police uniform with pride. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bannerghatta Biological Park named a tigress cub &#8216;Hima&#8217; to honour the sprinter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The youngster also holds the national record for clocking\u202f400 meters\u202fin 50.79 seconds at the\u202f2018 Asian Games\u202fin Indonesia. She is only the second athlete to have done her state proud by bringing home a gold at an international sporting event, after 1940-born Bhogeswar Baruah, who had won gold at the 1966 Asian Games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don&#8217;t show tension and nervousness but I know how fast my heart beats before a race,\u201d Hima had admitted in an interview with Olympics.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22672\" style=\"width: 723px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22672\" class=\"wp-image-22672 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/with-Sachin-tendulkar.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"713\" height=\"710\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 713px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 713\/710;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22672\" class=\"wp-image-22672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/with-Sachin-tendulkar.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"713\" height=\"710\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-22672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hima Das with Sachin Tendulkar<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b>Journey of the Dhing Express <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 2000, Hima is nicknamed\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhing Express<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after the town near which she was born in Assam. As a child, she aspired to become a football player and loved playing the sport with the boys of her school in the village. However, the physical education teacher of the school identified her talent as a sprinter and motivated her to take it further. Although Hima\u2019s only experience was of running through her village\u2019s muddy rice fields, she followed his advice and as they say, the rest is history!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Kandhulimari village near\u202fDhing,\u202fto a farmer couple named Ronjit and Jonali Das, Hima is the youngest of five siblings. She attended Dhing Public High School and later, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. After passing her senior secondary exam in 2019, Hima went on to pursue bachelor of arts in\u202fCotton University, Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22670\" style=\"width: 761px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22670\" class=\"wp-image-22670 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das_on-field.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"751\" height=\"623\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 751px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 751\/623;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22670\" class=\"wp-image-22670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das_on-field.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"751\" height=\"623\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-22670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sprinter on track<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b>Eventful achievements in the 18<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> year of life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018 was an eventful year for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a>. She won the\u202f400 m\u202ffinal at the\u202fIAAF World U-20 Championships\u202fheld at\u202fTampere,\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finland<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, clocking 51.46 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian track-and-field legend and former Olympian,\u202fPT Usha, gave the young athlete a rave review on social media:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTUshaOfficial\/status\/1017813327421104129?s=20&amp;t=fzVP3jWToc0zNcK-DSSN8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22650 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pt-usha-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"603\" height=\"738\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 603px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 603\/738;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pt-usha-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"603\" height=\"738\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hima was inundated with congratulations from well-wishers across the country, including the president, Prime Minister, sport ministers and Bollywood personalities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the\u202f2018 Asian Games, she qualified for the 400 m final, after clocking 51.00 in heat 1. She set a new Indian national record, even though it was the silver that came her way. The same year, the sprinter went on to improve the national record to\u202f50.79 seconds\u202fin the 400 m final.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22696\" style=\"width: 893px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22696\" class=\"wp-image-22696 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-with-Saurabh-and-Abhishek-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"883\" height=\"626\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 883px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 883\/626;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22696\" class=\"wp-image-22696 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-with-Saurabh-and-Abhishek-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"883\" height=\"626\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-22696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hima Das with Sourav Ganguly and Abhishek Bachchan<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, in August 2018, along with\u202fM. R. Poovamma,\u202fSarita Gayakwad\u202fand\u202fV. K. Vismaya, the Dhing Express\u202fwon\u202fwomen&#8217;s 4 \u00d7 400 metres mix relay\u202fclocking 3:28.72 which was held for the first time at the Asian Games. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was the year of Hima\u2019s international debut and not many sport lovers were aware of her. They soon learned, when multiple medals, with some historic ones, made her a household name. Hima was given the Arjuna Award by the President of India that year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22692 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das-with-President.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/720;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das-with-President.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><b>Roaring success with five golds in second year of her debut<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hima continued her superb performances the following year too. In July 2019, she won the 200m gold in Poznan Grand Prix in\u202fPoland at 23.65 seconds. She went on to win 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland with a time of 23.97 seconds just after five days of the first win. Within a week of her second win, she bagged her third gold at the Kladno Athletics meet in Czech Republic, clocking 23.43 seconds. That same month, she added a fourth to her kitty, this time at the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic with 23.25 seconds. A fifth gold followed at the 400-metre event in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic with 52.09 seconds. In an astonishing 18-day period, between July 2 and July 20 2019, Hima won five golds and became a queen in the hearts of India&#8217;s athletics fans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22673 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-after-winning.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"770\" height=\"509\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/509;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22673 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-after-winning.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"770\" height=\"509\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So enormous was her success that the entire world took notice of the sprinting glory. \u201cAt this age, she has exhibited great courage and confidence. I didn\u2019t see any sign of nervousness during the events,\u201d remarked the ace sprinter, PT Usha on social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The athlete was being slotted for the World Championships to be held at Doha in October 2019 but unfortunately her participation had to be ruled out due to a back injury which kept her out of action for months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Confidence and hope unaffected by injury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though she has returned from the injury lay-off, she is returning one step at a time. She has been running 100m and 200m. \u201cI have not cut (off) from running 400 meters. It (recuperating after injury) is a long process,\u201d she said in an interview.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22674 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das.jpg\" alt=\" Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"724\" height=\"756\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 724px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 724\/756;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22674 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima-Das.jpg\" alt=\" Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"724\" height=\"756\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right side of her back still gives quite a trouble. She has won 100m gold in the National Inter-State Championships with her personal best time of 10.43s.\u201d &#8220;My L4 and L5 (two lowest vertebrae in the lumbar spine) were broken and was in a different position. Whenever I run it affects me. I did my physiotherapy and ran 30m, 40m, 50m, 100m and then 200m gradually. Till 300m, I am fine,\u201d she told her eager fans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>The challenge&#8230;<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 100 m of a 400-meter race is the most crucial as the sprinters have to pick a lot of speed, then. This is where Hima has been facing problems. Talking about the condition at a training stint in Poland, she said, \u201cwhen I did that once I had to be taken to the hospital.\u201d The committed athlete faced the same problem at National Inter-State Championships in Patiala in 2021 and got forced to pull out of the 100 m and 4 X 100 due to the pain. She even had to skip the Tokyo Olympics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22676 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima_on-track.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"751\" height=\"1129\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 751px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 751\/1129;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22676 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hima_on-track.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Sports | Hima Das | Global Indian\" width=\"751\" height=\"1129\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sprinter was eagerly looking forward to come back with a bang at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but coming to the previous form required some more recuperation. She failed to qualify for the finals of the women&#8217;s 200m in August 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>National Games 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 36th National Games of India is being held in Gujarat from September 29 to October 12, 2022. India\u2019s prestigious multi-event sporting competition has returned after a gap of seven years in Gujarat. It was last held in 2015 in Kerala.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The nation wanted the \u2018Dhing Express\u2019 to come roaring back to action. However, she could not clinch the gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hima Das : National Games 2022, Being a DSP and friendship with Jyothi Yarraji | The Bridge\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/970H49AxWfo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She hasn\u2019t lost hope and is looking forward to future events. Hima, is among an elite team of sports stars who have put India on the world map for athletics. She enjoys such a reputation that she will always be India\u2019s \u2018star sprinter\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Hima Das on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HimaDas09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hima_mon_jai\/feed\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(October 5, 2022) Sprinter Hima Das created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at a track event at the \u202fIAAF World U20 Championships in 2018 in Finland. Owing to her fantastic sports performances back-to-back, the Assam-born athlete was appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police\u202f(DSP) under Assam\u2019s state integrated sport policy in 2021.\u00a0\u00a0 Proud to wear this uniform and fortunate enough to serve my state and my country on two fields. Hima posted on social media, donning her police uniform with pride. 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