Jyothi Yarraji clinches women's 100m hurdles gold in Federation Cup Athletics

Jyothi Yarraji clinches women's 100m hurdles gold in Federation Cup Athletics

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Category : Sports Published on: May 20 2023

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  • Athlete Jyothi Yarraji won a gold medal in the women's 100 m hurdles at the ongoing Federation Cup athletics event at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi.
  • Jyothi topped the podium with a meet-record time of 12.89 seconds.
  • She also crossed the Asian Championships qualifying standard of 13.63 seconds set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), as per Olympics.com.
  • R Nithya Ramraj (13.44s) and Sapna Kumari (13.58s), with their second and third finishes at the 100 m hurdles, also made it to the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Bangkok from June 12 to June 16.
  • Tejas Ashok Shirse won gold in the men's 100m hurdles in 13.72 seconds. The Maharashtra racer broke Siddhanth Thingalaya's previous meet record of 13.65 seconds set in 2012.
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