Published 11:54 IST, July 10th 2019

Dutee Chand wins gold | 'What a delight...': Anand Mahindra has this to say about sprinter's gold in 100m

Dutee Chand has made history by winning the 100m sprint at the Universiade, the World University Games, in Naples. Business tycoon Anand Mahindra laid a heap of praise on Twitter for the athlete

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Dutee Chand has me history by winning 100m sprint at Universie, World University Games, in Naples. As entire country cheers about her victory, well-kwn personalities too have spoken about her feat. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju anunced on Twitter about her stupendous victory.

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Business tycoon Anand Mahindra laid a heap of praise on Twitter for athlete. He underlined important qualities required by an athlete to achieve success in such kind of a sport.

"Way to go Dutee Chand! 100m sprint is most exciting event in athletics. It’s a display of sheer physical ability and power. What a delight to see an Indian athlete power her way to front, leaving all ors behind..."

  23-year-old clocked 11.32 seconds to win gold as she led race from start to finish. Running at lane number 4, Dutee was first one out of eight athletes to blast off starting blocks and she me most of it to fend of a late challenge from Del Ponte (11.33) of Switzerland. Lisa KwaYie of Germany took bronze in 11.39 seconds in race run past midnight Indian time on Tuesday.

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Chand also tweeted about winning gold at event.

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11:54 IST, July 10th 2019