Athletics team for CWG pruned down to 32, Dutee Chand dropped

Athletics Federation of India today pruned down the number of track and field participants in the upcoming Commonwealth Games from the original 41 to 32, leaving out young sprinter Dutee Chand, who reportedly has been under a gender test scanner, at the last minute.
Controversial triple jumper Renjith Maheswary and the six-member men's 4x100m relay team also got the axe on the ground of unsatisfactory performance.
18-year-old Dutee Chand has reportedly been under the scanner with the Sports Authority of India having ordered a gender test on her.
SAI Director General Jiji Thomson confirmed that a woman athlete underwent a gender test in Bangalore but refused to name her.

"A gender test was conducted on a woman athlete in Bangalore. If she is there in the list of CWG participants, her name will have to be deleted from the list," Thomson told PTI.
Dutee Chand was dropped at the last minute as her name was there in the list of CWG participants given earlier to some top AFI officials, including Secretary C K Valson.

Valson confirmed that Dutee Chand was in the list of participants, but within hours an AFI release a list of 32 athletes leaving her out.
"We have 33 Indian athletes taking part in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Renjith Maheswary is not there in the team and we have also pulled out the six-member men's 4x100m relay team due to injury and also due to performance related issues," Valson told PTI.

Asked if Dutee Chand's name was there in the list, he said, "Yes, Dutee Chand is in the list."
He, however, did not give any details about the reported gender test conducted on Dutee Chand.
"I am not in a position to say anything on that issue. I have no idea on that," he said.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had already released the names of 224 Indian athletes to take part in the July 23-August 3 Glasgow Games, but with the reduction of members in the athletics team, the total number of participants will now be 215.