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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