25-year-old sprinter Dutee Chand, the current national champion in the women’s 100 meters event, who represented India in the Tokyo Olympics, sadly was not able to get through the semi-final round. She finished the race in 7th position with a time of 11.54 seconds. She was allocated in the Heat 5 with seven other members. The Jamaican sprinter Shelly Ann-Fraser Pryce, who has become the second-fastest woman in history, was the winner of this slot with a winning time of 10.84 for the 100m. The second and third positions were taken by Ajla del Ponte of Switzerland and Grace Nzubechi Nwokocha of Nigeria with the time of 10.70 and 10.83 seconds, respectively.
Dutee Chand has competed with the best in this season, and the fact that she ran beside “one of the best”, the top contender for the gold medal, Shelly Ann-Fraser Pryce, is a good start in itself. Dutee Chand was not able to qualify for the semi-finals after completing seven rounds of heat.
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This Indian sprinter earned the 48th rank amongst other competitors all over the world, with her best time of 11.17 while getting into the Olympics arena that she achieved this year itself.
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Sadly, due to the lack of adequate training and the pandemic situation, Dutee Chand, one of India’s star athletes, lost around 6kg causing a steep drop in muscle mass. Due to this decline, she had to take more supplements. In one of her interviews, she revealed that her hemoglobin, vitamin, and calcium levels are low. Now, this rising star of India is concentrating on another race of 200m.
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