Sprinter Hima Das Suffers Muscle Pull 

Sprinter Hima Das Suffers Muscle Pull . Star sprinter Hima Das on Saturday suffered an damage scare after maintaining a muscle pull at some point of the 100m heats at the continuing National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala. However, the severity of her damage couldn’t be ascertained. “We desire Hima Das recovers ASAP after muscle pull at some point of 100m heats this morning at Inter-State meet,” the Athletics Federation knowledgeable on its twitter handle. Hima, who’s at the verge of lacking out on Tokyo Olympics as she is but to qualify for the showpiece, did whole the race and completed 0.33 in warmness three with a timing of 12.01 seconds.

In the process, she additionally certified for the very last to be hung on Saturday evening, however her participation withinside the name race continues to be now no longer confirmed.

If the damage seems to be serious, it will likely be a large blow to 4x100m women’s relay team’s qualification bid for the Tokyo Games as Hima is important member of the quartet, additionally comprising Dutee Chand, Dhanalakshmi and Archana Suseendran.

Hima is not going to make it to Tokyo if she would not make it to the relay team. The begin sprinter from Assam, however, is likewise seeking to qualify for the 200m occasion on the Games.

Hima, who has had a decrease damage trouble for an extended time, ran her non-public nice of 22.88 seconds in 200m on the IGP four however ignored the automated qualification mark of 22.eighty seconds.

The ongoing meet is the remaining danger for Hima and Dutee to qualify for the Tokyo Games.