Injuries are part & parcel of athlete’s life: Kiren Rijuju consoles Hima on missing Olympics
Guwahati, June 30 (NKTV): Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju today consoled sprinter Hima Das who is set to the miss the Tokyo Olympics due to injury.
Hima Das had sustained a hamstring injury on Saturday during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships. She pulled out of the 100m and 4x100m relay finals due to the injury. Yet to recover fully, Hima ran in the 200m final on Tuesday but finished fifth to miss out of the Tokyo Olympics.
“Injuries are part & parcel of athlete’s life. I spoke to @HimaDas8 and told her not to lose heart on missing the Olympics #Tokyo2020 and prepare for 2022 Asian Games, 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2024 Paris Olympics!” Rijiju stated in a post on Twitter.
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