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Top Indian runner's landmark win
Dutee Chand - the fastest woman in India - won a historic case for the right to compete.
Dutee Chand is a top Indian sprinter, the fastest woman in India. However, four years ago, officials gave her some shocking news that brought her world crashing down. They told her she had a very high level of testosterone, and that she could no longer compete as a woman. Dutee fought and won a landmark hyperandrogenism case that has shaped the rules of international athletics.
Image: Dutee Chand
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