Athletics Federation Blamed Hima Das For Not Being So Fluent In English !! Made People Of India Angry !!

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Hima Das created history on Thursday when she became the first athlete from India to win a gold medal in a global event.

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The 18-year-old achieved this feat by winning women’s 400 metre race at the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.

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However, while the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was just as proud of the young athlete, a tweet from their official Twitter account left many netizens seeing red.

“Not so fluent in English but she gave her best there too,” read a tweet from the AFI that featured a video of the young athlete speaking after her historic win.

#HimaDas speking to media after her SF win at #iaaftampere2018 @iaaforg Not so fluent in English but she gave her best there too. So proud of u #HimaDas Keep rocking & yeah,try ur best in final! @ioaindia @IndianOlympians @TejaswinShankar @PTI_News @StarSportsIndia @hotstartweets pic.twitter.com/N3PdEamJen

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) July 12, 2018

The tweet was harshly criticised by many on social media, with people pointing out that her ability to not speak English should not take away from her achievement.

Check out some of the main comments :

Why should we even talk abt her English at all

— Anil Sehrawat (@anilksehrawat) July 12, 2018

In fact she is more popular because she has shown unlike cricketers you can be champion without English.

— rgaurav (@ratishgaurav) July 14, 2018

She has landed in Tampere for displaying her talent in track and not in English😐 Its shame on you @afiindia for what you said🤥

— Rohith Ram (@Rohithp6) July 12, 2018

Check their spelling of “speaking”. Agmark chutyas of the first order most of our sports feds are

— Venkatesh S (@venx36) July 13, 2018

Why do you have to feel bad about her English when she has made the nation proud!

When you say ‘not so fluent but gave her best’, does that mean she was not a good athlete and gave her best.

Can’t you just appraise the athelete and leave it there. Sic. https://t.co/mp339mXCmn

— Desi Bhai 🇮🇳 (@DesiPoliticks) July 13, 2018

.@afiindia Irony is when you can’t do a spell check and make a daring typo and shamelessly plug about fluent English!

Shame! Take the tweet down as this is total disrepute!https://t.co/mp339mXCmn pic.twitter.com/rzFt6iJmul

— Desi Bhai 🇮🇳 (@DesiPoliticks) July 13, 2018

The Federation replied to these comements as well. Here’s the tweet :

you need to read the tweet again & understand it well & stop trolling.

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) July 12, 2018

The severe backlash eventually prompted the AFI to issue a clarification.

After her historic win, she termed it the biggest achievement of her life and added that she cried with joy on the podium when India’s national anthem was played.

“Bringing a medal for the country is the biggest achievement and that is why I am very happy. I am very proud to give this gift to the people of India,” Hima was quoted as saying by NDTV.

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“I wanted the Indian national anthem to be played and making that happen made me cry with joy,” she added.

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The Assam girl also thanked her parents and coaches for their support and guidance, besides expressing her gratitude towards people from India for their blessings.

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She said it was only a beginning for her and she would continue to strive for excellence in future.

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“I will try to give my best at the Asian Games. I don’t run after medals, I run after time,” said Hima who clocked 51.46 seconds in the final at the Ratina Stadium to bring home the gold medal.

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