Hima Das will face a maximum ban of two years but that can be reduced to a year depending upon the degree of her fault. Das has already withdrawn from the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China owing to an injury.
CWG 2022: Both PV Sindhu and Hima Das had a great outing on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games.
Both the male and female 400m runners, who were training at the NIS Patiala, left for the Kerala capital on Monday.
Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das, who is making a comeback from a hamstring injury, on Wednesday revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
One of the most exciting talents in Indian athletics, Hima had sustained a hamstring injury while running 100m heats during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
Hima Das sustained a hamstring injury during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships and failed to qualify for the Olympics.
Dhanalakshmi emerged as the fastest woman of the tournament, clocking 11.52 seconds, ahead of Sri Lanka's Amasha de Silva (11.59) and Archana Suseendran (11.60) of Tamil Nadu.
Hima, who is on the verge of missing out on Tokyo Olympics as she is yet to qualify for the showpiece, did complete the race and finished third in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 seconds.
Graded as 'B' category event by World Athletics, the five-day event offers some of the top athletes the chance to breach qualifying standards for an automatic Olympic berth.
The women's 4x100m relay team, which will include Hima and Dutee, will fancy chances for a Tokyo Olympics berth by clocking less than 43.05 seconds in the one-day event.
Hima, who was a part of the women's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m gold-winning relay teams in the 2018 Asian Games, is yet to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
The top eight finishers in the World Relays on May 1 and 2 at Chorzow in Selisia will get automatic berths in the Tokyo Games, which is scheduled to begin on July 23.
The AFI named a total of 20 athletes for the World Relays. It will be the first major international event for the Indians sprinters since the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha in April 2019.
Apart from Chopra and fellow Olympic bound javelin thrower Shivpal Singh, country's relay racers (both 4x100m and 4x400m men and women) will be part of the 40-odd contingent that also includes coaches.
Dhanalakshmi's victory over Hima Das (Assam) in the semifinal heats lifted her to the top 10 of Indian all-time list.
Dhanalakshmi took the gold by clocking 11.39 seconds ahead of Dutee (11.58) to become the fastest woman of the championships .
While javelin star Neeraj Chopra is the brightest prospect for India's first medal in the track and field events, sprinter Hima Das's dash into the Olympics requires a reality check.
The decision to appoint Hima as DSP was taken in an Assam cabinet meeting chaired by the CM Sarbananda Sonowal in Dispur earlier last week.
Hima's performance of 23.31 seconds in 200m fell short of the Olympic qualification timing of 22.80 secs; Dutee clocks 11.44 seconds to take 100m gold.
It was decided that Das will be appointed as a DSP rank officer in the Assam police and medal winners in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be appointed as Class- I officers.
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