Runner reveals she is in relationship with woman from her village in Odisha state Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has revealed she is in a same-sex relationship, becoming the country's first openly gay athlete. Chand, 23, told the Indian Express she was in a relationship with a woman from her village in eastern Odisha state, saying she found the courage to come out after India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex last year.