CWG 2022: Hima Das fails to qualify for women's 200m final
Birmingham(PTI): Star Indian sprinter Hima Das failed to qualify for the final of the women's 200m at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.
The 22-year-old from Assam finished third in semifinal 2 with a timing of 23.42 seconds.
Namibia's Christine Mboma and Australia's Ella Connolly qualified with timings of 22.93s and 23.41s respectively from the heat.
Hima thus missed out of the final with the finest of margins as her timing was just 0.01 seconds shy of Connolly.
There are three semifinal heats in the women's 200m with the top two in each and the next two fastest advancing to the final.
Hima had qualified for the women's 200m semifinals after winning her heat with a timing of 23.42s on Thursday.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
