The country is waiting to see Hima Das back on the 400m track but her eyes are on another finish line now. Her logic: “For years the world has seen India in 400m. Let us show them what we can do in 200m.”
Ever since the 2019 Doha Asian championship and a couple of lower competitions in the Czech Republic, a lower-back injury has kept star sprinter and 2018 Asian Games silver medallist out of action in 400m. So, when asked when she would return to this event, the Assam athlete, who became a 400m sensation after the 2018 World Juniors’ gold in Tampere, said: “There is no hurry. It all depends on how the body responds and what the management (coaches, Athletics Federation of India, physios) suggests.”
