Hyderabad: Indian star sprinter Dutee Chand clinched gold in 100 metres race at the 5th Indian Grand Prix. After her podium finish at the event, Dutee sent a special video to ETV Bharat stating her visa problems.
Trying to qualify for the World Athletics Championship, Chand had to opt-out of the Germany based-event after facing 'technical difficulties' after which Chand shared a video stating her pain.
Dutee states, "I came here to participate at the 5th Indian Grand Prix. All is well. I won gold after finishing at the pole position with 11.42 seconds. I believe, I can do better. We had just 3 participants for the final."
She further said, "If I would have participated in Europe then I would have performed much better, however, I had to missout due to visa issues. I will try to perform better at World Championships, all I need is your support and blessings."
Earlier, Dutee had stated that even after the government's help, she had to miss out on the event. She had tweeted, "I'm unable to go to Germany because of some technical problems at the organisational level. I'm really sad or this. The Government of India is fully aware of this unexpected error and has extended full support to me. I'm really grateful to the Government of India. Thank you," Dutee tweeted in Oriya.
The qualifying timings for World Championships is 11.24 seconds while the cut-off timings for the 2020 Olympics is 11.15 seconds. Dutee had earlier finished the Asian Championship at 11.26 seconds.
