It is a matter of pride as Hima Das, an Indian athlete, created history by winning gold in women's 400-metre event at the IAAF World U20 in Finland. Netizens all across the country cannot stop lauding Hima Das for emerging victorious. Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrugun Sinha, Kirron Kher and many more too took to social media to express how happy and proud they are of Hima's golden achievement at the IAAF World U20.
Held at Tampere, Hima on Thursday registered a time of 51.46 seconds in the final at the Ratina Stadium to become the first Indian athlete to win gold in a world championship across all age groups. She also did well in the earlier rounds, winning Heat 4 with a time of 52.25 seconds. She emerged on top in the semi-finals as well, winning her race in 52.10 seconds.
Here's what B-Townies have tweeted:
Shah Rukh Khan
Woke up and felt a genuine wave of Pride Love & inspiration. What an amazing athlete you are...#HimaDas Kya Baat hai! pic.twitter.com/gcDnyXxwRj
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) July 13, 2018
Akshay Kumar
Historic! Congratulations Hima Das for winning India's first Gold at a global track event in Under - 20 World Athletics. Nicely done 👏👏
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 12, 2018
Amitabh Bachchan
T 2865 - CONGRATULATIONS .. #HimaDas , the first Indian Women to win a GOLD in World Athletic track event EVER ! INDIA is proud of you .. you have given us reason to hold up our heads HIGH ! JAI HIND !! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Q0YVCx6FSf
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 12, 2018
Farhan Akhtar
Congratulations #HimaDas.. 400 meter winner in world Under-20 championships.. proud moment.
It’s amazing that it coincides with the 5 year anniversary of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag & Milkha-ji’s biggest dream was to witness an Indian athlete win Gold in track & field. 😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) July 12, 2018
Dia Mirza
Proud proud proud!!! What an incredible day #HimaDas #India https://t.co/SXa4Y8sdAA
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) July 12, 2018
Shatrughan Sinha
Yet another brilliant performance from India's daughter..Kudos to India's Hima Das who made history by becoming our first track athlete to become a world champion at any level after winning the women's 400m at the U-20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland on Thursday#HimaDas
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) July 13, 2018
Emraan Hashmi
Hima das!! ..the first indian to win a gold in athletics.. what a win!! U make us so so proud!! ...take a bow girl!! #HimaDas
— emraan hashmi (@emraanhashmi) July 13, 2018
We at LatestLY.com too are extremely proud of Hima. Here's many congratulations to her!
-With Inputs from IANS
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