The 22-year-old Indian sprinter Dutee Chand clocked 11.29 seconds to broke her previous national record in the women’s 100-metre race at the 58th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships being held at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati on June 29.
Dutee’s previous record was of 11.30 seconds, which she achieved at the Indian Grand Prix last year.
Following this feat, sprinter Dutee has qualified for the 2018 Asian Games in 100m and 200m by breaching the qualifying timings of 11.67.
“The conditions were good and before the race I and my coach (N Ramesh) decided to go for the national record. I am very happy but I will try to further dip the timing,” Dutee told PTI after her race.
“In fact my target in this championship is to run 11:20 and I hope to achieve this. There are still eight weeks to go before the Asian Games and my target in Jakarta is to run below 11:20,” said Dutee who currently trains at Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad.
Soon after Dutee achieved the landmark, congratulatory messages started pouring in on Twitter. Here are few reactions:
#Record #Sprint #Athletics @DuteeChand set new Indian Record in Women 100m run with a performance of 11.29s in the semi final of National Interstate meet. @afiindia @NBT_Sports @NBTDilli @NavbharatTimes @NBTLucknow @NBTMumbai @sandhyatimes4u @TOISportsNews @toi @toisports
— SANJEEV KUMAR (@sanjeevmediaNBT) June 29, 2018
Wow moment! Congratulations to @DuteeChand and thank you @Naveen_Odisha for your support to sports and sportsman/women. Keep sponsor them. We heartily believe and support you. @Sports_NDTV @TOISportsNews @HTSportsNews @MIB_India @sports_odisha https://t.co/g06hxacA5j
— Smruti ____ Nayak (@Smruti_Odia) June 29, 2018
God bless You Dutee Chand. You make all of us very proud today. Congratulations to you and I wish for more & more success in your life ahead. #OdishaForIndia
— Nilamadhaba Muduli (@Mu_Nila_madhaba) June 29, 2018
India’s fastest women Dutee Chand qualified for the Asian Games 100 metre event by clocking 11.42 sec in the heats rounds of the Senior National Athletics meet @CMO_Odisha @sports_odisha @rvineel_krishna @DuteeChand @afiindia pic.twitter.com/2IJ6a4fDKa
— Tanmay Das (@Daspioneer) June 28, 2018
Congratulation Dutee Chand .set a new record in 100m sprint ..
wish u Bright future— Anushka Sahu (@AnushkaSahu4) June 29, 2018
Today’s timing has put Dutee on top of the season’s list among the Asians and she would go as one of the gold medal contenders in the Asian Games. The gold medal winners in the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games had clocked 11.33 and 11.48 respectively.
