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Jyothi Yarraji won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Taiwan Athletics Open.
Jyothi Yarraji at the Asian Athletics Championships
Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji secured the women’s 100m hurdles title with another impressive performance at the Taiwan Open International Athletics Competition on Saturday, earning one of six gold medals for India.
Yarraji, the national record holder, clocked 12.99 seconds at the Taipei Municipal Stadium, surpassing Japanese competitors Asuka Terada (13.04 seconds) and Chisato Kiyoyama (13.10 seconds), who took silver and bronze respectively. The 25-year-old had previously won gold at the Asian Championships in South Korea on 29 May, with a time of 12.96 seconds. Her national record stands at 12.78 seconds.
Tejas Shirse, another national record holder, also claimed gold in the men’s 110m hurdles with a time of 13.52 seconds, the second fastest of his career. Local athletes Hsieh Yuan-kai (13.72 seconds) and Kuei-Ru Chen (13.75 seconds) secured silver and bronze respectively. Shirse’s national record is 13.41 seconds.
India’s top 4x100m relay team, comprising Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, and Amlan Borgohain, won gold with a time of 38.75 seconds, just six-hundredths of a second shy of the national record of 38.69 seconds set by the same team at the National Relay Carnival in Chandigarh earlier this year. However, this time was insufficient for World Championships qualification. Fourteen countries have already qualified for the World Championships in September through the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, in May, with only two slots remaining. Nigeria and the Netherlands are currently in contention with times of 38.20 seconds.
The Indian women’s 4x100m relay team, consisting of Sudheeksha Vadluri, Sneha Sathyanarayana Shanuvalli, Abinaya Rajarajan, and Nithya Gandhe, also won gold, clocking 44.06 seconds. The national record for this event is 43.37 seconds, set by Archana S, Dhanalakshmi, Hima Das, and Dutee Chand in 2021.
Abdulla Aboobacker and Pooja added to India’s gold tally in the men’s triple jump and women’s 1500m respectively. Aboobacker recorded a jump of 16.21m, below his personal best of 17.19m. Pooja, who won silver at the Asian Championships in South Korea last month, clocked 4 minutes, 11.63 seconds to win gold. Her personal best is 4:09.52, achieved in 2023.
(With inputs from PTI)
Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes on cricket, having cov…Read More
Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes on cricket, having cov… Read More
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