VIDEO: How Dutee Chand Overcame Poverty & Controversy to Become an Olympian

Putting a hard childhood behind her, Dutee Chand showed the world that nothing could stop her from taking the road to Rio.

By TBI Team

August 11, 2016

Dutee Chand was born to a weaver couple in 1996. She was forced to run barefoot and without proper training equipment because of her family’s financial situation. But putting a hard childhood behind her, she showed the world that nothing could stop her from taking the road to Rio.

Watch her story here:

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