Hima bags 3rd gold in 2 weeks, Toor settles for shot put bronze

New Delhi, July 14

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Hima Das won the women’s 200m gold for her third international triumph in less than two weeks at the Kladno Athletics Meet in Czech Republic while Mohammad Anas bettered his own national record in the men’s 400m event to clinch a gold and qualify for the World Championships.

In the women’s 200m race, Hima clocked a much improved time of 23.43 seconds to win the gold. She has a personal best of 23.10 seconds in 200m. This was her third international gold in 11 days. In her first competitive 200m race of the year, the 19-year-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 held in Poland, on July 7 with a time of 23.97 seconds.

In this Czech Republic city of Kladno, the Indian trio of Vipin Kasana, Abhishek Singh and Davinder Singh Kang took the top three spots in men’s javelin final with efforts of 82.51m, 77.32m and 76.58m respectively.

In men’s shot put event, national record holder Tejinder Pal Singh Toor managed a creditable best throw of 20.36m to win the bronze. He holds the national record of 20.75m. — PTI