Dutee Chand enters Tokyo Olympics in 100m and 200m events
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Indian female sprinter Dutee Chand has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in both 100m and 200m races via the World Rankings quota on Wednesday. There were 22 spots available in 100m and 15 spots in 200m via the World Rankings route. Dutee’s overall position of World number 44 in 100m and world number 51 in 200m were well within the ranks to make her eligible to fly to Tokyo next month.
She didn’t succeed in her last race to secure a direct Olympic qualification spot after finishing a disappointing fourth in the women’s 100m final at the ongoing 60th national Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships. Chand scripted a new national record last week in the women’s 100m with a time of 11.17 seconds in the Indian Grand Prix (IGP) four in Patiala along with missing the Olympic qualification time by just 0.02 seconds.
Also, India’s Dhing Express, Hima Das couldn’t qualify for Tokyo 2020 via the World Rankings quota. A few days back she fell short to secure the direct qualification as her best timing of 22.88 seconds cam,e in the IGP four. She missed the qualifying mark by 00.08 seconds. Yesterday, the Sports and Youth Services Department (DSYS), Government of Odisha had recommended Dutee Chand for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
