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  1. Hima Das
  2. PT Usha
  3. Tintu Luka
  4. Seema Singh
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Option 1 : Hima Das

The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Hima Das.

  • Sprinter Hima Das becomes the first Indian women athlete to win the gold in the women’s 400m final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships held in Tampere, Finland, in 2018.
  • She recorded a time of 51.46s to win to clinch the top spot in this World Championship.
  • No Indian woman or man before Hima Das has won a gold medal in a World Championship at any level, be it youth, junior or senior. 

About IAAF:

  • In July 1912 after the closing ceremony of the Olympic games in Sweden, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was founded as the world governing body for the sport of track and field athletics.
  • The IAAF’s name has changed, in 2001 to the ‘International Association of Athletics Federations’ and then again in 2019 to 'World Athletics'.
  • The World Athletics headquarter is situated at Monaco.
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