Hima Das
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Hima Das qualified for the semi-finals of womenโ€™s 200 m early Tuesday morning at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta of Indonesia.

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Though Hima missed out on direct qualification for the semifinal for the womenโ€™s 200m event, but earned a spot as a โ€˜lucky loserโ€™ as at the end of all the heats, she has the fastest time of all athletes who finished fourth.

At her heats, Hima finished at the fourth spot with a timing of 23.47 seconds.

Earlier on Sunday, the star sprinter from Assam, won silver the womenโ€™s 400 m race of Asian Games 2018 by finishing at 50.79 seconds breaking her all-time personal and national record.

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The gold was won by Bahrainโ€™s Salwa Eid Naser who finished at 50.09 seconds.

Eighteen-year-old Hima Das is the second athlete after Bhogeswar Baruah to have won a medal in Asian Games. Bhogeswar Baruah, an Arjuna Award winner, is a 800 m gold medallist in the 1966 Asian Games.

Hima Das, who hails from Dhing in Assamโ€™s Nagaon district, scripted history by becoming the first ever Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships held at Tampere in Finland.

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Hima Dasโ€™ timing of 51.32 seconds at the Commonwealth Games placed her sixth in a world-class field but a run in 51.46 seconds at Tampere made her the first Indian woman to win a gold at an IAAF World Junior Championships.

The 18-year old sprinter, after finishing sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400 m final in Gold Coast in April, has gone onto improving her timings. She lowered the Indian U-20 record in 400 m to 51.13 seconds while winning gold in the recent National Inter State Championships in Guwahati