India’s Jyothi Yarraji. File
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Rising Indian sprinter Jyothi Yarraji marginally bettered her own nationwide document by clocking 8.12s within the girls’s 60m hurdles to win gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, right here Saturday.
The 2022 Asian Games silver medallist within the 100m hurdles had the earlier greatest timing of 8:13s at the identical occasion final yr which had earned her a runner-up end.
The 24-year-old athlete topped her warmth with a timing of 8:22s and within the closing she did higher to end forward of Japan’s Asuka Tereda (8.21s).
Lui Lai Yiu of Hong Kong (8:26s) took the third place on the rostrum.
Jyothi is the reigning Asian Outdoor champion within the 100m hurdles, having received the title in Bangkok final yr. She had returned with a silver within the 100m hurdles from Hangzhou Asian Games after initially being disqualified.
