Hima Das Commonwealth 2022

2022 - 8 - 6

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Commonwealth Games 2022 | Hima Das fails to qualify for women's ... (The Hindu)

Star Indian sprinter Hima Das failed to qualify for the final of the women's 200m at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. Also Read ...

Namibia's Christine Mboma and Australia's Ella Connolly qualified with timings of 22.93s and 23.41s respectively from the heat. The 22-year-old from Assam finished third in semifinal 2 with a timing of 23.42 seconds. Star Indian sprinter Hima Das failed to qualify for the final of the women's 200m at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Hima Das misses 200m finals ... (Zee News)

Star sprinter Hima Das narrowly missed out qualifying for the finals of the women's 200m sprint at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on ...

Sehwag had sent the tweet on opening day of the competition while the Track and Field was yet to start in Birmingham. The tweet was live for a long time before Sehwag realised his mistake. Star sprinter Hima Das narrowly missed out qualifying for the finals of the women's 200m sprint at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday. India's Hima Das finished third in the 200 semi-finals 2 clocking 23.42 seconds. Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag made Hima viral on the internet as he fell prey to the fake news of the sprinter winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

CWG 2022: Heartbreak for Hima Das as young sprinter misses ... (India Today)

Commonwealth Games 2022: Young sprinter Hima Das missed out on automatic qualification for women's 200m final by 0.01s on Friday, August 5 in Birmingham.

Hima Das finished 10th overall in the 24-woman semi-final. She clocked 23.42s while Ella Conolly of Australia took the second spot and the automatic qualifying spot in Semi-final Heat 2 with a timing of 23.41s. Hima missed out on the final berth by the barest of margins - 0-01s.

WATCH: Hima Das misses out on Commonwealth Games final by ... (The Bridge)

Indian sprinter Hima Das misses out on the 200m final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 by a whisker.

Ace sprinter Hima Das missed out on a spot in the women's 200m final at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by the smallest of margins. Indian sprinter Hima Das misses out on the 200m final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 by a whisker. WATCH: Hima Das misses out on Commonwealth Games final by 0.01s

Commonwealth Games 2022: Who is Hima Das, Indian sprinter who ... (NewsroomPost)

Coming back from an injury, Hima won five international medals in just one month in 2019.

Just a week after that, she won her third-consecutive gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic and added the fourth one at the Tabor Athletics Meet. Her fifth gold came at the Mezinarodni Atleticky Mitink. Though these European events were not the toughest athletics meets, still it was a great accomplishment for the Indian athlete. However, she made it to the inter-district meet back in 2016, where her talent came to light. Due to a lack of proper tracks and equipment, she used to practice on the football field. She studied at the Dhing Public High School. There she was interested in playing football with the boys. Coming from a small village in Assam, Hima has made the nation proud by winning medals at the international level. New Delhi: ‘Dhing Express’ Hima Das qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s 200 m sprint in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, with a thrashing performance which made her top Heat 2.

Watch: India's Hima Das misses CWG 2022 200m final spot by 0.01 ... (Sportskeeda)

India's Hima Das agonizingly fell short of a spot in the women's 200m final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG) by 0.01s on Friday.

Hima Das will also be a part of India's 4x400m relay team. At the end of all three semi-final races, Hima was 10th in the standings. Jacent Nyamhunge of Uganda finished third with a timing of 24.07. However, in the end, she fell just short, behind Ella Connolly. There are three semi-final heats in the women's 200m with the top two from each semi-final and the next two fastest advancing to the final. Namibia's Christine Mboma finished first in the semi-final 2 with a time of 22.93s while Ella Connolly of Australia pipped Hima to second place with a time of 23.41s. Both Mboma and Connolly qualified for the final.