Hima Das became the first Indian sprinter since Manjit Kaur in 2006 to bag silver medal in the womens 400m event at Asian Games. Hima set a new national record by clocking uline{1cm} seconds in the final.

2018

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Hima Das became the first Indian sprinter since Manjit Kaur in 2006 to bag silver medal in the women’s 400m event at Asian Games. Hima set a new national record by clocking _________ seconds in the final.

A	49.69
B	50.79
C	47.59
D	48.49

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s Olympic gold in field hockey in 1948 was more significant than any of the country’s three previous gold wins, as it was the newly sovereign nation’s first major sporting triumph. Befittingly, India claimed the championship by defeating Great Britain, the former colonizer, on their own turf in Wembley, London.

Detailed explanation-2: -Das mainly takes part in women’s 400-metre, 200-metre and 4x400-metre relays. At Asian Games in 2018, she won a silver medal in the 4×400-metre mixed relay. She also set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in April 2018.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won gold in the Men’s 10 metre air rifle event becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.

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