Duitee Chand” Odisha Sprinter Selected for this year Arjun Award among with 27 others.
IBN ଓଡିଶା:-REPORT BY:- (Suresh Kar):-Odisha Sprinter ,Jajpur Daughter Duitee Chand among with other 27 Sportsmen selected for this year Arjun Award.
As per report the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports provides the Arjun Awards to recognize the outstanding achievements in the field of Sports.
Dutee Chand is the first women athlete from the country after PT Usha to represent India at summer Olympics in 100-meter race in Rio and She is the two times Asian Games silver medals winner .
As per information this year’s National Sports Awards ceremony, which normally to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, is likely to be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all the winners logging in from their respective places to hear their names being announced on August 29.
Sprinter Dutee belongs from Prathamakhandi village of Bari Constituency of Jajpur.
Towards her achievement Bari MLA Smt. Sunanda Das has greeted and wished her .
Add to her statement she said “Duitee” is the pride of our Bari who now reached our district to the Country’s Arjun Awards list as our odia, Jajpurian daughter.
