Watch: Celebrations at Hima Das’ hometown after athlete’s 400m silver medal at Asian Games 2018

Celebrations begun in the hometown of Hima Das after the athlete won silver medal in 400m race at Asian Games 2018. It was first medal by a Indian woman athlete in 400m since Manjeet Kaur won a silver at Asian Games 2006 in Doha. Hima broke the national record twice in two days as she clocked 50.59 seconds to bag silver. A day ago, Hima qualified for the final race with a record time of 51.00 seconds. She broke the record of Manjeet Kaur (51.05 seconds) set by the athlete in Chennai in 2004.