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Dutee Chand feels like a newborn child's mother after silver win in Asiad
Updated On: 27 August, 2018 07:57 AM IST | Jakarta | Ashwin Ferro
Dutee Chand finished second, clocking 11.32s, only 0.02. seconds off gold medallist Bahrain's Odiong Edidiong's timing

Dutee Chand celebrates with the tri-colour after winning silver yesterday. Pic/PTI
Dutee Chand's story is the perfect script for a Bollywood potboiler. Kicked out of the Asian Games squad four years ago over a hyperandrogenism row, she fought her way back, both on and off the track, and last night clinched a silver medal in the 100m dash at this edition of the quadrennial competition. She finished second, clocking 11.32s, only 0.02. seconds off gold medallist Bahrain's Odiong Edidiong's timing.
Photo finish
Dutee began the race brilliantly and was in the lead briefly before Edidiong stunned the field, emerging late to win via a photo finish. Dutee's feat equals the best finish by an Indian woman in the 100m sprint and has come after 32 years — PT Usha last bagged silver at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul.
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