Dutee Chand 99th Indian to qualify for Rio 2016
Odisha sprinter Dutee Chand became the 99th member of the Indian Rio contingent, qualifying for women’s 100-metre sprint. Chand beat the qualifying mark of 11.32 seconds by clocking 11.30 seconds, which is a national record, at the XXVI International Meeting in Kazakhstan. She is the first Indian woman to qualify for the event since PT Usha in 1980.