Hima Das

Nikhat Zareen gifts PM Modi boxing gloves, Hima Das gives traditional 'gamocha'

PM Narendra Modi, on Saturday, hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players, including Nikhat Zareen, who kept her promise of giving her boxing gloves to the PM.

Commonwealth Games: Hima fails to qualify for women's 200m final

Himas finished third in semifinal 2 of 200m with a timing of 23.42 seconds. Namibia's Christine Mboma and Australia's Ella Connolly qualified with timings of 22.93s and 23.41s respectively from the heat.

Commonwealth Games: Hima Das qualifies for women's 200m semis; Manju Bala into hammer throw final

Despite Hima clocking the best time in her heat, as many as six racers have clocked better time than her in other heats.

Federation Cup: M Sreeshankar, Hima Das among leading athletes in action; Kamalpreet misses out due to knee problem

More than 500 athletes, including 158 women, will vie for top honours in the five-day event, the season's first major domestic championships

Sprinter Hima Das tests positive for COVID-19, currently 'stable and in isolation'

Das, 21, reported to the national camp at the National Institute of Sport (NIS) in Patiala recently.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Hima Das vows to make strong comeback after being forced to miss out on Games due to injury

Hima had sustained a hamstring injury while running 100m heats during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships last month.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia seals Olympic quota in Nationals; Hima Das set to miss Games

The 37-year-old Punia, who had won a silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games, breached the Olympic qualifying mark of 63.50m.

Hima Das suffers injury scare, runs risk of missing out on Tokyo Olympics 2020 qualification

If the injury turns out to be serious, it will be a big blow to the 4x100m women's relay team's qualification bid for the Tokyo Games as Hima is vital member of the quartet.

Indian men's 4x400m relay team edge closer to Games with 3:01.89 time at National Inter-State Athletics Championships

Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv and Noah Nirmal Tom took the track with the singular aim of improving the team's time from 3:02.61 in the Indian Grand Prix 4 on Monday.

Dutee Chand, Hima Das among top athletes taking part in National Inter-State Championships with eye on Tokyo 2020

Graded as 'B' category event by World Athletics, the five-day event offers some of the top athletes the chance to either breach qualifying standards for an automatic Olympic berth or garner valuable ranking points to make it to the Games.