Jakarta: Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand scripted history at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday. She won the silver medal in the Women’s 200-metres Final.
She won the medal with a timing of 23.20 second while Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain pocketed the gold medal with 22.96 second. Chinese sprinter Wei Yongli got the bronze medal.
Dutee had entered the Final after she finished first clocking 23 seconds, her personal best, in the semis yesterday.
This is Dutee’s second medal in the mega tournament. Earlier she had won the silver medal by clocking 11.32 seconds in the event on Sunday. With this achievement, Dutee became the first Indian woman in 20 years to win a 100m Asian Games medal.
Meanwhile, congratulation massage poured in for her from all quarters.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Dutee Chand and termed her our sprint queen.
Congratulate #DuteeChand, our own sprint queen on bringing more glory for #India with a silver medal in 200m sprint, following a silver in 100m. Entire #Odisha & the nation is proud of your silver double at the #AsianGames2018. Well done!
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) August 29, 2018
“Another silver for Dutee Chand at Asian Games 2018! Indomitable, Indefatigable and Unstoppable! Extremely proud of you! @asiangames2018 #AsianGames2018,” said KIIT and KISS Achyuta Samanta on his twitter handle while congratulating her.
Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore also congratulated her saying what a race by our sprinter Dutee Chand!
What a race by our sprinter Dutee Chand! In an absolutely sensational performance she has won a SILVER medal in Women’s 200 m with a finish time of 23.20 sec. This is her second medal at #AsianGames2018. TAKE A BOW! #KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/jG32uW86vo
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 29, 2018
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