Hima Das Wins 4th International Gold Within 15 Days

Guwahati, July 18, 2019:

The 'Dhing Express', Assam's very own Hima Das, continues to be on a roll! On Wednesday, Dhing Express Hima clocked 23.25 seconds to clinch gold.

The Indian sprinter won her fourth international gold within 15 days after she bagged the top honours in the 200m race at the Tabor Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic.

This was Hima's fourth gold since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe.

"Won another gold today in 200m and improved my timings to 23.25s at Tabor GP," an elated Hima Das tweeted after her victory.

In her first competitive 200m race of the year on July 2, Hima had clocked 23.65s to win gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix, also in Poland.

Then, on July 8, she won her second 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland.

Braving a sore back, the Assam runner had clocked 23.97 seconds to win the gold while Kerala runner V.K. Vismaya had grabbed silver with a timing of 24.06 seconds.

On July 13, she won her third 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in Czech Republic with a time of 23.43 seconds.

Hima also made national headlines a few days back when she announced that she would donate half of her month's salary to flood affected victims in Assam.

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