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Arjuna Award will motivate me for next year's Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand

The Sports Ministry on Friday confirmed that five athletes will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award while 27 athletes will be conferred with the Arjuna Award on August 29 at the National Sports Awards ceremony

1 min read22 Aug 2020
News

This is how I choose to live, this is who I am, deal with it: Dutee Chand

When you are not fully fit, it’s hard not to worry, but you must remind yourself that things will get better because they just have to get better

7 min read1 Jan 2020
Industry

Pantene ad with Dutee Chand for inspiring girls to make their own life choices

The campaign brings together lyrics Javed Akhtar, and ‘Freedom’ song by Pharrell Williams, which is used as a background score The campaign features young girls acing varied career options such as film direction, surfing and fashion designing while choosing their own lifestyle as well as partners

2 min read15 Oct 2019
Companies

Puma signs two-year deal with Indian sprinter Dutee Chand

Dutee Chand is the third Indian woman ever to qualify for the women’s 100m at the Summer OlympicsShe is also the first Indian athlete to win gold in the 100m event, clocking at 11.32 seconds, at the World University Games in Naples

1 min read8 Aug 2019
Sports

When new-age love came to Dutee Chand’s village

What do those in Dutee Chand’s village in eastern Odisha think about the ace sprinter’s same-sex relationship?

10 min read28 May 2019
Lounge

How the Lounge team is feeling this week

From Dutee Chand’s coming out story to the passing of film historian and director Vijaya Mulay, Lounge takes on the biggest updates of the week

2 min read24 May 2019
Sports

Asian Games 2018:‘The scars will be there’, says Dutee Chand on gender-row

Four years after she was forced out of the Asian Games in a row over her gender, sprinter Dutee Chand said she was determined to make up for lost time as she finally gets her chance in Indonesia

3 min read15 Aug 2018
Mint-lounge

Rio Olympics: You can’t blame Dutee Chand

We are no country for a sportsperson. A look at what goes into making an Indian Olympian

8 min read19 Aug 2016
Sports

Brief glimpse of Rio Olympics, but all worth it for Dutee Chand

Dutee Chand won the legal battle in her bid to get to Rio de Janeiro and, ultimately, it got her just 11.69 seconds of competition in heat five of the 100 meters on Friday

1 min read13 Aug 2016
Sports

Rio Olympics: Why a medal is a long way away for Indian athletes

Though as many as 16 Indian athletes have smashed the Indian record while qualifying for the Rio Olympics, the distance to the 2016 best remains formidable

1 min read8 Aug 2016
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