Dutee Chand’s odyssey from ragged roads to Olympic lanes is pure inspiration. The Odisha native, born February 3, 1996, in a family of nine where dad wove fabrics for survival, stared down poverty head-on.
Saraswati’s state-level sprinting sparked Dutee’s dream. Penniless for school? Channel energy into sports for scholarships and jobs. Barefoot training on unforgiving terrain built her edge. Sports hostel in 2005, coach Chitaranjan Mahapatra’s wisdom, first national medal 2007.
Milestones mounted: 2012 under-18 100m champ. Junior bronze at 2013 Asians. 2014 double gold Asian Juniors. Hyperandrogenism ban by AFI crushed Commonwealth hopes, but 2015 CAS appeal flipped the script.
Record frenzy: 2016 60m 7.28s national best indoors. Federation Cup 100m 11.33s. Kosanov: back-to-back 11.24s national records, Rio 2016 ticket—heat exit notwithstanding.
Asian Games 2018 100m silver, echoing Usha’s 1986. Tokyo 2020 100m/200m qualifier. Two-time Olympian Dutee stands tall, her barefoot legacy fueling dreams across India.