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Mohammad Ibrar is a resident of Sangrampur village, Pratapgarh. He used to participate in the village games during Nag Panchami. By succeeding at the district level competitions, he became a state-level player. Ibrar clinched a gold medal at the South Asian Games held in Dhaka and a bronze medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship in Iran.

Hima Das could not qualify for her pet event 400m but she has been named to run in the women's 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay races at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar

Hima Das, who is the reigning Under-20 world champion, broke the 400m national record twice in two days and secured a silver medal by finishing the race in 50.79 seconds. Muhammed Anas Yahiya too bagged silver in the men’s event as he clocked 45.69 seconds

Apart from Neeraj’s glittering golden effort, India had three silver from athletics. Sudha Singh (women’s 3000 steeplechase), Neena Varakil (women’s long jump) and Dharun Ayyasamy (men’s 400m hurdles) bagged silver

Hima Das, the 18-year-old, who broke a 14-year-old national record in 400m on Saturday, bettered her own mark on Sunday to win a silver. She clocked 50.79 seconds in the final

The 18-year-old Hima Das clocked 50.79 seconds, a new national record, to finish second at the GBK Stadium

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was forced to apologise after they highlighted history-maker Hima Das' "not so fluent" English. She won 400m race at IAAF World U20 Championships