Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand clinch silver in women’s 200m

Dutee Chand continued her rich vein of form with another silver medal at the 18^th Asian Games after she finished second in the women’s 200m dash in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old from Odisha clocked 23.20 seconds to claim the silver, behind Edidiong Odiong of Bahrain, who claimed the gold with a 22.96s timing. China’s Wei Yongil settled for the silver after finishing in 23.27 seconds.

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Dutee, who was earlier suspended from participating in any intercontinental event under the IAAF’s hyperandrogenism policy showed her class with a brilliant show. She also became the fourth women athlete after the legendary PT Usha, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, and Sunita Rani to win multiple medals at a single Asian Games event.

Usha had at the 1986 Seoul Games won four gold medals in five of the events she had contested in. She won in the 200m, 400m, 400mhurdles and 4x400m team relay. While, Sikdar had won two medals in the 800m and 1500m events of the 1998 Bangkok Games. Rani had also clinched two medals in the 1500m and 5000m of the 2002 Busan Games.