Ace Sprinter Hima Das clinched her fourth gold in a row since July 2

Guwahati: Ace Sprinter Hima Das managed to clinch her fourth gold of the fortnight as she won the 200m race with a creditable time in the Tabor Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic on Wednesday.

As per reports, Hima won the race in just 23.25 seconds, though the race had a mediocre field with most of the competitors representing clubs of the Czech Republic. Nevertheless, the Dihing express is quite close to her personal best of 23.10 seconds.

Hima’s fellow competitor V K Vismaya was second with a season-best 23.43 seconds.

It is to be noted that this was Hima’s fourth gold in a row since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. In her first competitive 200m race of the year, the old Assam runner had clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on July 2. After that, she won her second 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet, also in Poland, on July 7 with a time of 23.97 seconds.

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

Hima’s pet event is 400m and she is yet to qualify for the World Championships in both the quartermile event and the 200m.

The World Championships qualifying time for 200m is 23.02 while it is 51.80 in 400m.

On the other hand, in men’s 400m, Muhammad Anas won in 45.40 seconds in a mediocre field while fellow competitors Tom Noah Nirmal came second with a season-best effort of 46.59. K S Jeevan was third in 46.60 and M P Jabir finished fourth in 47.16.

On July 13 at Kladno, Anas had bettered his own 400m national record to clinch gold and qualify for the World Championships by clocking 45.21 seconds.

The World Championships qualification time is 45.30 seconds in men’s 400m race.

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