18-yr-old Hima bags 400m silver at Asiad, breaks national record
Hima Das on Sunday became the first Indian sprinter since Manjit Kaur in 2006 to bag silver in the women's 400m event at Asian Games. The 18-year-old set a new national record by clocking 50.79 seconds in the final, overtaking the 51.00-second record she set in the heats on Saturday. Another Indian sprinter, Nirmala Sheoran, finished fourth in the event.