Rio Olympics 2016, India Athletics: Dutee Chand finishes 7th in her heat, fails to qualify for 100m sprint semifinal

Dutee Chand started off well but could not keep pace with her much stronger opponents

A total of 64 athletes took part in the Women’s 100m sprint Round 1 where India was represented by one athlete, Dutee Chand. The Indian sprinter did not make the most of her opportunity to qualify for the sem-finals as she could only manage a 7th ranked finish in her Heat 5. This ranking meant that the Indian finished a lowly 43rd overall in the rankings for all the sprinters.

Only the top two sprinters from each of the seven heats progress to the semi-final round along with 8 other fastest sprinters from all the heats.

But India’s Dutee Chand finished the sprint with a time of 11.69 seconds which turned out to be the second slowest in her heat. The fastest in Dutee’s heat was USA’s Tianna Bartoletta who qualified with a timing of 11.23 seconds whereas the second fastest sprinter was Poland’s Ewa Swoboda with a timing of 11.24 seconds.

As the disappointment for India continued with the 20-year old Dutee failing to qualify for the semi-final stage, it turned out to be a great outing for the women’s legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The Jamaican competed in Heat 4 of the event and finished with an impressive timing of only 10.96 seconds as she led the timing charts in the qualifying round.

Here is a complete list of athletes who have qualified for the semi-final round of women’s 100m sprint:

Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (Jamaica) – 10.96 seconds

Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad and Tobago) – 11.00 seconds

Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Ivory Coast) – 11.01 seconds

Desiree Henry (Great Britain) – 11.08 seconds

Tori Bowie (USA) – 11.13 seconds

Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) – 11.16 seconds

Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) – 11.16 seconds

Murielle Ahoure (Ivory Coast) – 11.17 seconds

Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) – 11.19 seconds

Elaine Thopmson (Jamaica) – 11.21 seconds

Tianna Bartoletta (USA) – 11.23 seconds

Ewa Swoboda (Poland) – 11.24 seconds

Rosangela Santos (Brazil) – 11.25 seconds

Christania Williams (Jamaica) – 11.27 seconds

Natalia Pohrebniak (Ukraine) – 11.30 seconds

Tatjana Pinto (Germany) – 11.31 seconds

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