Dutee Chand again showed her domination on the track and won a silver medal in women’s 200m dash on Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Odisha crossed the line in 23.20 seconds, behind Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong who clinched the gold in 22.96. The bronze went to China’s Wei Yongli (23.27).
Chand also joined the elite list of Indian athletes to bag more than one medal at the Asian Games, joining the like of PT Usha. She had earlier won a silver in women’s 100m.
The occasion was a memorable one and twitter was all praises for this new track queen of India.
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
Spellbound performance of our star sprinter Dutee Chand bring more glory. I congratulate her for winning the Silver medal in women’s 200m finals at the #AsianGames2018. pic.twitter.com/0QWYGWQB8k
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 29, 2018
Indian 100 and 200 metres medallists at the same #AsianGames
Lavy Pinto – 1951: 100 (gold), 200 (silver)
R Gnansekharan – 1978: 100 (silver), 200 (gold)
PT Usha – 1986: 100 (silver), 200 (gold)
Dutee Chand – 2018: 100 (silver), 200 (silver)
— Arka Bhattacharya (@ArkaTweets10) August 29, 2018
On the Birthday of Dhyan Chand ..India Got another legend in making Called Dutee Chand #NationalSportsDay pic.twitter.com/cVr9AKOYvK
— SUDHIR MISHRA (@SHAHSUDH) August 29, 2018
2 achievement by a daughter of India at ##Asian games 2018. .
Congratulations to u @dutee chand……
????????????????????????— Er Rajesh Kumar Jena (@ErRajeshKumarJ1) August 29, 2018
The New Athletics Queen of India is born ! Proud of u Dutee Chand ! Proud of this Odia Gal ! The Silver medalist ? in 100m and 200m of Asian games! Witnessed dis superb performance Live now ! exactly just wen I reached home✌️✌️ Goosebumps!#IndiaAtAsianGames #KoiKasarNahi pic.twitter.com/7O1rf8GlkY
— Pranoy Ray (@PranoyRay) August 29, 2018
Spellbound performance of our star sprinter Dutee Chand bring more glory. I congratulate her for winning the Silver medal in women’s 200m finals at the #AsianGames2018. pic.twitter.com/0QWYGWQB8k
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 29, 2018
