Dutee Chand: Out of sight

Behind sprinter Dutee Chand's rise is a hidden journey filled with pain and hardship

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In some ways, Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand are two sides of the same athletic coin. In 2009, the rangy South African - then just 18 - won the women's 800m at the World Championships in Berlin by clocking the fastest time of the year. That same week, Usain Bolt set the world into a stupefying tizzy by obliterating two world records. The event in the German capital, however, belonged to Semenya. Just days later, Semenya was forced to undergo a gender test after authorities expressed doubts over the tremendous improvement she had made in her running time during the course of the year. ...

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Dutee Chand: Out of sight