Two Gold medals at 59th National Open Athletics Championships for Dutee Chand

Dutee Chand, India’s ace sprinter and a sports icon, has been on a winning spree. Chand won double gold at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi. On Friday, she had broken her record of 11.26 seconds by clocking 11:22 seconds in the 100m event of the. Today, she clinched the gold medal clocking 23.17 sec in the 200-metre sprint category.

Since then, Dutee has been moved closer to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualification mark – of 11.15 seconds for the 100m event – as the qualification period ends on June 2020.