There was a glaring miss at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships held in Dubai in late April. Despite possessing an immensely talented quarter-miler at the youth level, India missed out on the women’s 400m gold. The defending champion, 16-year-old Rezoana Mallick Heena, could not make it to the continental championships as she was yet to recover from a hamstring injury sustained in November last. Her absence was felt even more when the Indian 4x400m mixed relay team were pipped by China in the final. Early in 2023, the scenario around women’s 400m was much more promising. Records galore Rezoana took the Indian athletics scene by storm. Standing at 5 feet 7 inches, she rose as a grand promise for India and rewrote quite a few records. She not only won the 400m gold at the Youth Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan but also broke the U-18 national record held by Jisna Mathew, clocking a magnificent 52.98s. She also rechristened the Championships record of 53.02s set by Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain eight years ago but …