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Dutee Chand
Marathoner Dutee Chand made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016. The 20-year-old Orissa native did well early on and to qualify, but in the 100m, lost out for a number of reasons.
Only the third ever woman to qualify for the 100m event at the Olympic Games with her Rio 2016 qualification, she won the bronze at the 200m at the 2013 Asian Championships, aged only 17.
Not only has the young athlete overcome serious barriers in the sport, she was the subject of a hyperandrogenism row, dropped from India’s Commonwealth Games squad in 2014 at the last moment.
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She was also subject to the same scrutiny that championship-winning South African athlete Caster Semenya was, for precisely the same reason. Eventually cleared to participate again in 2015, Dutee has done well on the international stage, and continues to make her mark on athletics.
She has gone on to say that jetlag, tiredness and nervousness contributed to her poor finish at the Olympic Games, but with a few years in international competition, should be able to excel – making her a perfect fit to go for glory again at Tokyo 2020.
