Impressive Dutee races to gold

New Delhi, February 27 

Asian Games silver medallist sprinter Dutee Chand and hurdler Dharun Ayyasamy lived up to their top billing, clinching a gold medal each in their respective events at the ongoing Indian Grand Prix-2 athletics meet here on Wednesday.  

Dutee clocked 23.30 seconds to win the 200m women’s race, her second gold medal in the IGP series. The timing will also help Dutee improve her IAAF World Ranking in the 200m event. She also made the qualifying cut-off for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Doha.

Anjali Devi (24.15s) of Haryana won the silver, while Andhra Pradesh’s Supriya Maddal (24.48s) took home the bronze medal.

Dharun clocked 49.94s to win the men’s 400m hurdles, his second successive gold medal in the 2019 Indian Grand Prix series. The 24-year old improved upon his previous timing of 50.07s clocked at IGP-1  in Patiala on Saturday. Santhosh Kumar (50.77s) finished second, while  Ramachandran (50.83s) finished third.

MR Poovamma and Vismaya VK, part of the Asian games 4x400m relay winning team, bagged the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the women’s 400m event. Poovamma clocked 54.12s, while Vismaya finished with a timing of 54.76s. The bronze medal went to UP’s Prachi (54.74s). — PTI