At Indian Grand Prix I 2023 Star sprinter Hima Das won gold medal
Guwahati: India’s star sprinter Hima Das won gold in the women’s 200m event at the Indian Grand Prix I 2023 athletics meet in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Das won the gold medal at the Laxmibai National College of Physical Education, defeating Maharashtra’s Aishwarya Kailash Mishra (24.81) and Kerala’s VK Vismaya (24.82).
But, the Dhing Express fell agonizingly short of breaching the qualifying standards for the Asian Games 2023.
Hima Das registered a time of 23.79 seconds – 0.36 seconds below the Asian Games qualification standard for the women’s 200m sprint event set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
The first Grand Prix featured a total of 18 events – 10 for men and eight for women.
The Indian Grand Prix 2 will be held in Thiruvananthapuram on March 27 while the third and fourth legs will be held in Bengaluru, Karnataka on April 2 and April 10 respectively.
Indian Grand Prix 1 2023 results
Men
100m: Hassan Said (10.67s); Amiya Kumar Mallick (10.69s); Amit Tiwari (10.90s)
200m: Hassan Said (21.66s; Maninder Singh (22.29s); Jainabaj (22.73)
800m: Krishan Kumar (1:47.26); Prakash Balu Gadade (1:50.56); Ankesh Chaudhary (1:51.00)
5000m: Abhishek Pal (13:51.14); Gulveer Singh (13:51.88); Mohammed Nur Hasan (13:52.26)
400m Hurdles: T Santosh Kumar (52.02 sec); Vijay Singh Malik (52.53); Akhil Babu Akhil Niwas Chingoli (54.11)
Long jump: Nirmal Sabu (7.58); Siddharth Mohan Naik (7.27); Vinoth Kumar Yuvraj (7.25)
Triple Jump: SN Muhammad (15.77m); Pradeep Kumar (15.05)
Shot Put: Karanveer Singh (18.90m); Sahib Singh (18.83); Dhanvir Singh (18.10)
Javelin Throw: Kishore Kumar Jena (81.05m); Manu DP (80.61). Arshdeep Singh (75.67)
Women
100m: AT Daneshwari (11.76s); Archana Suseendran (11.82s); Nithya Gandhe (11.93s)
200m: Hima Das (23.79s); Aishwarya Kailash Mishra (24.81s); VK Vismaya (24.82s)
800m: Chanda (2:09.18s); KM Deeksha (2:12.06s); Aminath Jaisha Juneez (2:29.33s)
