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Born in Kandhulimari village in Assam to rice farmers Ronjit and Jonali Das, Hima Das is the eldest of four children. From her days in the village, Hima spent her times playing football with the boys from her village besides helping her parents in the paddy fields. She attended Dhing Public School and would participate in local football tournament in an around her village. Being a sport enthusiastic her school Physical Education Teacher Shamsul Haque encourage her to take up athletics in short and middle distance races. He later introduced her to Gowri Shankar Roy of the Nagaon Sports Association for her proper training. With proper training she first made impression when she qualified for an inter-district competition and won two Gold medals at the sports meet. She could not appear for her Higher Secondary Arts stream final examination this year as she was busy in the Commonwealth Games but that doesn’t bother her parents as the family was confident of her bringing laurels to the State and country as a whole someday.
Having impressed the State selectors during the Inter-District Competition, The Coach from the Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare, Nipon Das, asked her to shift to Guwahati for quality training. Hima Das’s parents agreed to the proposal despite her being 140 km away from them. Nipon Das said that Hima Das’ ‘dedication and hard work set her apart’. She then moved near to Saarusajai Sports Complex and got enrolled to the state academy, and started training for athletics. She went on to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 400 metres and the 4x400 metres finals relay but failed to bring any laurels. She was also part of the Indian 4x400 team that competed in the final and finished seventh with a time of 3 minutes and 33.61 seconds.
EP Desk
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