In March this year, Haryana’s Himanshi Malik clocked an impressive 52.99s while winning the women’s 400m gold at the National inter-university athletics championships in Chennai. It was the second fastest time in Asia then.
Three months later, she clocked a stunning 51.76s to finish second behind Anjali Devi at the Inter-State Nationals in Bhubaneswar. Incidentally, Anjali failed a dope test taken at the meet.
Himanshi’s stunning run was one of the breakthrough performances in Indian athletics this year and it carried her to the Asian Games in China in September where she clocked a poor 57.82s in the heats.
