Twitter Celebrates Hima Das Gold Medal Winning Performance
Indian sprinter Hima Das, who became the first Indian woman to clinch a gold medal at a global event, the World Under-20 Championships in Finland, earler this week, was hailed all over Twitter for making the nation proud. With her historic accomplishment of winning Gold in the 400m of World U20 Championships, the Assamese sprinter received praise from President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including numerous celebrities.
"India is delighted and proud of athlete Hima Das, who won a historic Gold in the 400m of World U20 Championships. Congratulations to her! This accomplishment will certainly inspire young athletes in the coming years," tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India is delighted and proud of athlete Hima Das, who won a historic Gold in the 400m of World U20 Championships. Congratulations to her! This accomplishment will certainly inspire young athletes in the coming years. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 13, 2018
President Kovind lauded Das's unprecedented feat in his tweet. "Congratulations to our sensational sprint star Hima Das for winning the 400m gold in the World Under-20 Championship. This is India's first ever track gold in a World Championship. A very proud moment for Assam and India, Hima; now the Olympic podium beckons!" his tweet read.
Historic Sprint by #HimaDas ? — Maj Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) July 13, 2018
See the last 50 Meters ..every stride of her shows sheer will power and self belief !
Super Stuff ?? pic.twitter.com/Oh5YQDqaUp
Here’s how celebrities felt after Hima Das’s historic achievement:
#HimaDas - Thank you for the joy! Oh she’s definitely here for for the ‘long run’. Pun intended. — Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) July 13, 2018 Your speed and grit has made the nation proud #HimaDas. -Sg #IAAFTampere2018 #IAAF — Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) July 13, 2018 Rice Farmers Daughter,Indian sprinter Hima Das scripts history clinching gold at IAAF world under 20 athletics championship. You made India proud beyond words. — Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) July 13, 2018 #HimaDas is sensational. But she needs 1-2 year of training to clip that 5-6 seconds from her timing, in order to win the Olympics gold. Send her away, keep her here, but put the might of the Indian state behind her. — N.S. Madhavan (@NSMlive) July 13, 2018 #HimaDas, congratulations on creating history by winning India its first ever track gold at the World U20 Championships. You are an inspiration to every aspiring athlete out there. It's a HUGE achievement and you have made us all proud ??? — Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) July 13, 2018 Congratulations #HimaDas for the landmark feat of becoming first Indian woman to win a Gold medal in 400m of World U20 Championships. Your journey from rice fields of Assam to becoming a world champion recounts a story of diligence, determination & serves as an inspiration. pic.twitter.com/klXoNeBXN6 — ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) July 13, 2018 Watching #HimaDas come in from behind and get India it's first gold medal, strengthens my belief that Indian sport will soon be a global power to reckon with. pic.twitter.com/9UIhGqeQkV — Sajjan Jindal (@sajjanjindal) July 13, 2018 Normally it’s the citizens who are proud of their national anthem. In this instance I think national anthem must have felt proud to be part of #HimaDas moment!!! And all this while some are still debating whether to stand for it or not. pic.twitter.com/S6UcZ4KBkZ — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 14, 2018 Inspiring to see how a talent can move the entire nation! That’s the beauty of sport, truly inspired and motivated to move forward! Bravo #HimaDas for showing the way forward! pic.twitter.com/cQq34bXONj — Murali Vijay (@mvj888) July 13, 2018 Hima Das show's the Indian youth what we can achieve all we need to do is believe in ourselves by just being Indian. #HimaDas pic.twitter.com/lZ9ShK6JZD — Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) July 13, 2018
Those tears say it all !!!#HimaDas pic.twitter.com/2ou7nfAWGf
