Not yet qualified for Olympics, Hima Das says she is not worried

Star sprinter Hima Das will not be unduly frightened about having to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, as she feels she will be able to make it to her maiden Games as soon as the worldwide season, suspended as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, resumes.

Hima, the reigning junior world champion in 400m, is but to qualify for the postponed Tokyo Olympics and the worldwide season has been suspended until November 30 as a result of world well being disaster.

“I am not worried about it (Olympics qualification), it will only create tension. There is a year still to go for the Olympics,” Hima instructed PTI in an interview from NIS Patiala.”Let us first pray that this pandemic ends rapidly. Then athletics season begins (on December 1) and there’s a lot of time subsequent yr to qualify for the Olympics,” she mentioned, precisely two years after she received the gold within the World Junior Championships in Finland.

The 20-year-old Hima, often called “Dhing Express”, had change into the primary Indian girl to win a gold in a World Championships. She holds the nationwide file (50.79 seconds) in 400m.A decrease again harm has been troubling Hima for a while, resulting in hypothesis that she could not run 400m in future and will change to 200m.

Asked about this, she mentioned, “I am recovering (from the injury). I will do whatever is decided by my coach and the AFI. They will decide it (which one I will run).”Asked if she is totally recovered from the decrease again harm, she mentioned, “It is in the process but I am fit to undergo outdoor training and we have been doing that in the last 30 to 40 days.”She received a silver within the particular person 400m race within the 2018 Asian Games and was part of the gold-winning quartets within the ladies’s 4x400m relay and combined 4x400m relay occasions.

She, nevertheless, suffered a again harm in the course of the race within the Asian Games and she or he pulled out halfway the person 400m race within the Asian Championships in Doha in April final yr. She was later dropped from the crew for the World Championships.

After remedy on her injured again, Hima received six low-grade races in Poland and Czech Republic in July and August final yr. But she ran only one 400m race the entire of final yr, the 4 out of 5 different wins coming in 200m.Hima mentioned the nationwide campers on the NIS Patiala have began easing into their specialised coaching after engaged on their out of doors health regime.

“There are no immediate competitions and so we are neither doing low level training nor intense. We are just doing medium intensity training. Let us see when we picked up our training to a high momentum.

“It is very hot here and so we do only morning training. So in the evening we have spare time and I do cycling (in the velodrome) and even do cricket ball bowling.”The AFI has tentatively fastened September 12 as the beginning of home season. With the COVID-19 circumstances within the nation rising by the day, the AFI must take a ultimate resolution whether or not to go forward with the tentative calendar or not.

Asked if the September 12 begin of home season is possible, Hima mentioned, “We are doing training thinking the tentative schedule. But on the other hand, COVID-19 cases are increasing, even in Patiala, and a lot of athletes will have to come (for a national meet).

“Ultimately, the AFI will take a decision on the issue, taking into account all the circumstances.”