Hima Das won a gold medal at the 2018 World Under-20 Athletics Championships in which event?
- A.100 metres
- B.200 metres
- C.400 metres
- D.Long jump
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 400 metres. Hima Das, who comes from Dhing in Assam and is called the Dhing Express, won the women's 400 metres at the World Under-20 Championships held at Tampere in Finland in 2018. She became the first Indian to win a gold medal in a track event at a world championship of any age group.
Option A, 100 metres, is a sprint she has run at domestic meets but not the race of that gold medal. Option B, 200 metres, is the event in which she has also competed and won Asian-level relay and individual honours, so it reads plausibly. Option D, long jump, is a field event and belongs to the Anju Bobby George line of Indian achievements rather than to Hima Das. The pairing to remember is Hima Das with the 400 metres flat and P. T. Usha with the 400 metres hurdles.
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