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Hima Das: 4x100m relay team can qualify for 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.

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Hima Das. Pic/AFP

Hima Das. Pic/AFP

Star sprinter Hima Das is confident that the Indian women`s 4x100m relay team, of which she is a part, can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics during the World Athletics Relay in Poland next month. 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. Hima, who is yet to qualify for the upcoming Olympics, is set to be a key member of the Indian 4x100m relay quartet, with the other three likely to be national record holder Dutee Chand, Archana Susenndran and S Dhanalakshmi. Himashree Roy and AT Dhaneshwari are the other members of the 4x100m relay team named by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

"Dutee will also be a part of the team, we are confident that we can qualify for the Olympics during the World Relays. We should do it," Hima told PTI in an interview. "I am in very good shape and the other members are also doing good and preparing well. We have done really well (in the individual 100m) during the Federation Cup," she added. The 100m event in the Federation Cup in March was won by Dhanalakshmi in 11.38 seconds while Chand and Suseendran were second and third with 11.58 and 11.76 respectively. Hima had won one of the preliminary heats in 11.63 but was disqualified in the final race after a false start. The 21-year-old from Assam, known as the `Dhing Express`, said she will be running mostly 100m and 200m in the training-cum-exposure tour of Turkey planned by the AFI from later this month. "I will be running 100m and 200m during training. I will also take part in competitions (Olympic qualifying events) in an around Turkey," she said.

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