Dhing Express Hima Das will be in action in the Women's 200 m semi-finals at 12:45 am on August 6 in Birmingham 2022.
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Dhing Express and ace sprinter Hima Das marched into the semi-finals of the Women’s 200m in Birmingham 2022. She finished first in Heat 2 clocking 23.42 secs to seal direct qualification in the Semis. In her heat, Zambia’s Rhoda Njovu and Uganda’s Jacent Nyamhunge clocked 23.85 sec and 24.07 sec to secure second and third place.
The 22-year scripted history by winning the gold in the women’s 400m in World U-20 Championships. She became the first athlete from India to achieve this feat in the tournament held in Finland. Hima collected the silver medal at the Asian Games 2018, clocking 50.79 secs (new NR). At the Gold Coast, she achieved sixth place with the best effort of 51.32 secs.
The live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022 will be available on different networks across the world. In the Indian subcontinent, it will be telecast LIVE from Birmingham on Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony SIX, and Sony TEN 4. The live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV app or website. Elsewhere, BBC will telecast LIVE in the United Kingdom, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada, Seven Network in Australia, Sky NZ in New Zealand, Mediacorp in Singapore, S4C in Wales, and ESPN in the USA.
The Semi-final of Women’s 200 m is scheduled to take place from 12:45 am on August 6, 2022. Hima Das will feature in the Semi-final 2 of the event.
Tejaswin Shankar clinched India’s first-ever medal in the men’s high jump with the mark of 2.22m. With this win, India earned its first medal in Athletics at Commonwealth Games 2022. Manju Bala secured a place in the final of the Women’s Hammer Throw by finishing 11th in the Qualification round. Earlier, Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya had qualified for the Men’s long jump final. The 23-year-old Shreeshankar stormed into the final on his first jump (8.05m), breaching the direct qualification mark (8.00m). While Anees (7.68m) too joined his compatriot with an eighth-place finish in the Qualification.
