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Bhubaneswar: Odisha born Ace Sprinter Dutee Chand to be on Big-B Amitabh Bachchan’s television game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” hot seat. The ace sprinter will leave for Mumbai for the shooting of KBC show soon. As per the source, the show will be shot in a day or two and it will be aired on 22nd October 2019. The star Indian sprinter excited to share the hot seat with the Bollywood “ Shehnsha” Amitabh Bachchan.Ace Sprinter Dutee Chand is the current national champion in the women’s 100 metres event. She is the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Women’s 100 metres event at the Summer Olympic Games. In 2018, Chand clinched silver in women’s 100m at the Jakarta Asian Games. It was India’s first medal in this event since 1998. In 2019, she became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade, clocking 11.32 seconds in the 100m race. Dutee is also India’s first athlete to openly come out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community when she spoke about being in a same-sex relationship in 2019.
Prasanta Patnaik