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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sprinter Dutee Chand who won the Vogue award for Sportsperson of the Year 2019, belongs to which state?
A
Bihar
B
Haryana
C
Odisha
D
UP
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian sprinter Dutee Chand had won the Sportsperson of the Year 2019 in the 3rd edition of the Vogue Women of the year awards. Besides winning the prestigious honour, Dutee will also feature on the cover of Vogue India’s November 2019 edition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chand was born on 3 February 1996 to Chakradhar Chand and Akhuji Chand in the Chaka Gopalpur village, Jajpur district of Odisha. She is from a below poverty line weavers family.

Detailed explanation-3: -(OMC). She is only the third Indian woman to have ever qualified for the women’s 100-meter race at the Olympics. Her 11.69 seconds in the preliminary round of the 2016 Summer Olympics, however, did not allow her to advance. At the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018, Chand won silver in the women’s 100-meter event.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sprinter Dutee Chand shared an Instagram picture with partner Monalisa this afternoon. Chand, 26, is the first Indian athlete to openly acknowledge being in a same-sex relationship. The Olympian and world gold medallist was photographed with Monalisa at her sister Anjana Chand’s wedding.

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