Kutno Athletics Meet | Hima Das, Muhammed Anas win gold medals in 200m event

Kutno Athletics Meet | Hima Das, Muhammed Anas win gold medals in 200m event

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India’s ace athletes Hima Das and Muhammed Anas clinched the gold medal at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland on Sunday in their respective categories of the 200m event. While Hima Das clocked 23.97 seconds to finish first, Muhammed Anas finished his in 21.18 seconds to win it comprehensively.

This was Das’ second gold medal inside a week in the 200m event despite reports of her struggling with a back problem for the past few months. Her last gold medal came on Tuesday, last week when she clocked 23.65 seconds in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix. 

With her personal best being 23.10 seconds, Das didn’t have to step up in any of the pursuits as VK Vismaya finished behind her to win the silver clocking 24.06. The Indian contingent has swept the women's 400m race as well that saw the likes of P Saritaben (52.77 secs), Sonia Baishya (53.73 secs) and R Vithya (53.73 secs) doing great.

In the men’s category, national record holder Anas also clinched the yellow metal with Noah Nirmal Tom taking the silver in 21.66 seconds. MP Jabir also won the gold medal in men's 400m hurdles event where he clocked 50.21 seconds while compatriot Jithin Paul came third with 52.26 seconds.

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