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She has been scorching the track with one record after another but India\u2019s new sprint sensation Hima Das doesn\u2019t want to be left behind in studies either and is juggling between training and board exams these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The transformation of Hima, the reigning world junior champion in 400m, into a top quartermiler has been nothing short of phenomenal considering that she has already run sub 51 sec at only 19 years of age and that too after a dozen competitive races since late 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sprinter from Assam\u2019s Kandhulimari village in Nagaon district became a star overnight and kept improving her timing through the last year, culminating in a national record time of 50.79 seconds while winning silver in the Asian Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hima\u2019s board exams began on February 12 and will go on till the middle of March. She is not staying at her native village to appear for the examination at nearby Dhing College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have made my schedule in such a way that whenever I am getting time from studies, I do my training,\u201d said Hima, the only Indian woman to have won a track and field gold at the world level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe came on the evening of February 11, appeared for her first paper the next morning and left home for Guwahati in the afternoon just after the examination is over,\u201d Bijoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe told us she will come on Friday evening again for her second paper and then again go back to Guwahati for training. Her parents have no objection and they have left it to her what she wants to do. Of course, they want her to have some educational qualification also,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hima\u2019s father Ranjit Das has a two bigha plot of land and mother Junali is a housewife. The small piece of land is the only source of income for a family of six. She is the eldest of four siblings, with two younger sisters and one younger brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The athletics season starts next month with the Federation Cup National Championships, which will serve as the selection trial for the Asian Championships (April 21-14), at Patiala from March 15 to 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked how Hima will appear for the papers as well participate in the Nationals, Bijoy said, \u201cHer exams end before the Nationals so it should not be a problem.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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