Hima Das Wins Silver in 400m at Asian Games

In the final, Hima clocked 50.79s to break her own national record of 51.00s.

File picture of HIma Das.

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Sprinter Hima Das clinched the silver medal in the women's 400m. She clocked 50.79s to break her own national record.

For Hima, it was her second national record in two days as she clocked 50.59 seconds to take home the silver, behind Bahrain's Salwa Naser who won the gold in a new Games record time 50.09 seconds.

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Hima had qualified for the final with a national record time 51.00 seconds yesterday, bettering the 14-year-old mark set by Manjeet Kaur (51.05) in Chennai in 2004.

Naser, the Nigerian-born 2017 World Championships silver medallist and winner of four legs of Diamond League Series this year, did not have to exert much in the end to clinch the goal.

Another Indian in the women's 400m final, Nirmala Sheoran finished fourth with 52.96.

It was India's first medal in women's 400m since Manjeet Kaur won a silver at the 2006 Doha edition.