Hima Das pulls out of IAAF Continental Cup
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Indian sprinter Hima Das has decided to stay away from the IAAF Continental Cup scheduled to be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from September 8. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) wanted her to take rest after a hectic season in which she came up with some amazing performance.
Four teams - Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and America participate in the season-ending event of the IAAF. Earlier seven athletes from India were chosen to take part in the Continental Cup but with Das pulling out from the championship now, Australia's Anneliese
"Yes, Hima is not running in the IAAF Continental Cup. The AFI has decided to give her rest. She has run so many races this year from the Commonwealth Games to the World Juniors and the Asian Games. It is not good to make her run so many races," a top coach told PTI.
"There is no injury to Hima. Athletes need good recovery time after a hectic season. She is very young, she has just started her career and we have to preserve and manage her workload lest she is burnt out."Â
The Assam athlete has been in top form in the last couple of months. She created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold in the track event of World Junior Championships in July. In Jakarta Asian Games, she was a part of the gold-winning 4x400m relay team and mixed 4x400m relay quartet that won silver.
Neeraj Chopra (men's javelin), Arpinder Singh (men's triple jump), Mohd. Anas (men's 400m), Jinson Johnson (men's 800m), Sudha Singh (women's 3000m steeplechase) and P U Chitra (women's 1500m) are the Indian athletes who would be participating in the Continental Cup.
