Tag: Dutee Chand

Bhubaneswar: Terming sprinter Dutee Chand’s exclusion from the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games as “painful”, Odisha government today said it will seek a reply from the Athletic Federation of India and Sports Authority of India as to why the girl alone was subjected to such a test. “It is really painful that Dutee Chand […]

Young sprinter Dutee Chand's last minute exclusion from the Indian athletics team for the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games led to speculation over the outcome of the gender test she reportedly underwent recently in Bangalore

Odisha's Dutee Chand exhibited great athleticism to win the gold in 200m and complete a sprint double on the final day of 12th Junior Federation Cup athletics Championship here on Sunday

Promising youngster Dutee Chand set a national junior record en route to winning gold in women's 100m dash on the opening day of the 12th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships here on Friday

Dutee Chand missed the automatic qualification mark of 11.15 seconds by two hundredths of a second during the Indian Grand Prix 4 here on Monday, though she broke her own national record.

Ace-sprinter and the fastest woman of India - Dutee Chand created a new national record in Women's 100m on Monday at the National Athletics Grand Prix in Patiala. By doing so, she has also bettered her personal best. Her previous best in 100m was 11.21 seconds.

Ace sprinter Sprinter Dutee Chand shattered a national record in the women's 100m event. She completed the race in 11.17seconds. However, the Olympic Qualification time in this event is 11.15s.

Is Dutee Chand a VIP? Going strictly by the definition of the term, which stands for Very Important Person, she certainly is one. After all, she is the fastest woman athlete in the country at the moment, has represented India at the Olympics and has won several medals for the country in international events. What […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Star Sprinter of India Dutee Chand arrived at New Delhi to a grand welcome after winning two silver medals at the ongoing 18th Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang. Hundreds of fans were eagerly waiting for the 22-year-old sprinter from Odisha with flowers and deep affection. Speaking to OTV, Dutee said, “Asian Games is a […]

Bhubaneswar: Congratulating star sprinter Dutee Chand, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced an additional cash reward of Rs 1.5 crore for her for winning a silver medal in Women’s 200 metre race at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta on Wednesday. Patnaik had also declared a Rs 1.5 crore prize for Dutee after she bagged […]

Patiala: National record holder Dutee Chand was beaten to second place by S Dhanalakshmi, while Hima Das was disqualified after a false start in a much-anticipated women’s 100m sprint final in the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships here on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu took the gold by clocking 11.39 seconds ahead […]

New Delhi: Asian Games silver medallist Dutee Chand ran 23.30s in 200m women’s race to win her second gold medal in the Indian Grand Prix series 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here on Wednesday. The timing will help Dutee improve her IAAF World Ranking in the 200m event. Her timing also ensured that the […]

Bhubaneswar: Athlete Dutee Chand, who is the ambassador for the Election Commission (EC) of India has landed in trouble over a social media post in which she purportedly campaigned for BJD’s Kandhamal LS candidate Achyuta Samanta. A Facebook post showed Dutee seeking votes for Samanta. As she is a government employee and the Election Commission […]

Doha: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand won a bronze medal in women’s 200m on the fourth and final day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Wednesday P U Chitra defended her 1500m title to give India its third gold medal and Ajay Kumar Saroj won a silver in men’s 1500m. Chitra overtook Bahraini runner Tigest Gashaw […]

New Delhi: 100m record holder and winner of two Asian Games silver medals Dutee Chand on Sunday revealed that she is in a same-sex relationship with a girl from her home town. The 23-year-old is thus the first Indian sportsperson to admit to being in a same-sex relationship. In a conversation with IANS, Chand revealed […]