Less than 24 hours after India’s 4x100m girls’s relay crew raised hopes of Tokyo Olympic qualification, ace runner Hima Das suffered a setback after sustaining a hamstring harm whereas competing within the girls’s 100m heats on Saturday morning.
The Indian outposts of Archana Susentran, Hima Das, Dhanalakshmi S, and Dutee Chand set a brand new meet file of 43.50 seconds on Friday on the opening day of the sixtieth National Inter-State Athletics Championships on the flooded Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports. NSNIS), Patiala.
The qualifying mark for the occasion is 43.05 seconds and the Indian administration was anticipated to attain it within the closing scheduled on Saturday and the ultimate day.
the quickest 4 #IndianAthletics @HimaDas8Dhanalakshmi-Archana and @DuteeChand
We are hopeful that Hima Das will recuperate quickly after struggling a muscle pressure through the 100m warmth on the inter-state meet this morning. pic.twitter.com/T7MBTOtTWS
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) 26 June 2021
Hima completed the third warmth with a timing of 12.01 s, behind Sri Lanka’s Amasha de Silva (11.64 s) and Tamil Nadu’s Dhana Lakshmi (11.67 s). However, the Assamese athlete nonetheless certified for the ultimate which is scheduled at 7.55 pm on Saturday.
The Athletics Federation of India, the nationwide governing physique, even tweeted wishing Hima a speedy restoration.
@HimaDas8 Likely among the many remainder of the inter-state occasions, this morning’s girls’s 100m warmth hamstring harm
Big work forward for 4x100m relay crew @DuteeChand
Archana and Dhanalakshmi#rodtokyo #tokyo2020 @kaypeem @AndrewAmsan @jon_selvaraj @bakwasbaaji pic.twitter.com/EEQF6iEC7q— Divesh Bhal (@diveshbhal) 26 June 2021
Hima was anticipated to qualify within the 200m (22.88 s) after exhibiting glorious type on the Indian Grand Prix-4 held on the identical venue final week.
Even because the AFI tweeted, a supply within the nationwide camp stated it was too early to substantiate the harm standing of Hima. “We can’t tell right now… as the medical check-up is still going on…”, the supply advised indianexpress.com on Saturday afternoon.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
