Coronavirus crisis: Dutee Chand wants to sell her BMW to meet training expenses amid lack of sponsors
India’s fastest woman and sprint queen Dutee Chand has put her BMW up for sale on social media due to lack of sponsors amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Dutee Chand put her BMW on sale first on Facebook then later deleted the post
print queen and India’s fastest woman Dutee Chand has put her prized possession, BMW up for sale on social media, to meet her training expenses amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
Dutee took to social media and posted the pictures of her Luxury BMW seeking prospective buyers for it. However, she later deleted the post.
Dutee owns a 2015 BMW 3-series model, which she had bought for Rs 30 lakh. However, now Dutee is willing to sell her car to meet her training expenses.
“No sponsor is willing to spend on me due to this pandemic. I am in need of money and so have decided to sell it off to meet my training and diet expenses as I’m preparing for the Tokyo Olympic, which has been shifted to July 11, 2021, due to Covid-19 Outbreak,” Dutee Chand told India Today.
“Even (State) Government people are saying they are going through a financial crunch.”
When asked whether she had received the BMW as a gift or she purchased it on her own to which Dutee said:
“I bought it after I received a cash reward of Rs 3 crore from Orissa CM Naveen Pattnaik for my achievement in Asian Games, On that money, I built my house and purchased the BMW Car.”
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After the Facebook post, comments started pouring in seeking government intervention to help her.
Later, the sprinter queen deleted the post.
“Since I have two other cars with me, also there is not enough space for 3 cars at my Residence, so I want to sell one.”
Dutee has shared the pictures of her car on her Facebook page with a message in Odia “I want to sell my BMW car. If anyone wants to buy, contact me on messenger.”
The Government had also granted Rs 50 lakh for her training for Tokyo Olympics, she said, she spends around Rs 5 lakh a month on her training which includes salaries of coach, physiotherapists, dietician and other purposes.
“I exhausted all my money. It is now difficult to get sponsors due to Covid-19 pandemic for my training for the Tokyo Olympics which has been shifted to July 2021 due to Covid19 Outbreak
“I need money for my fitness expenses and training in Germany, I decided to sell my luxury car,” added Dutee Chand.
Dutee had brought many laurels for Country, Most recently she had broken the national record at the National Open Athletics in Ranchi in October 2019 as she bettered her own national 100m record
The sprinter clocked a blistering 11.22 seconds in the first semi-finals, obliterating her previous record of 11.26 seconds.
