Jyothi Yarraji
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World Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semi-finals
•Yarraji clocked 13.05 seconds -- well below her national record of 12.78s -- to finish seventh in heat number four and 29th overall.
Jyothi Yarraji wins India's first ever 100m hurdles medal at World University Games; Amlan clinches 200m bronze
Fpsports •Jyothi Yarraji clocked 12.78 seconds to finish third in the women's 100m hurdles final, bettering her earlier national mark of 12.82 seconds which she had recorded in October 2022.
Asian Athletics Championships: India produce best-ever showing with 27 medals, Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris Olympics
Fpsports •Murali Sreeshankar qualified for the Olympics after winning silver medal in Long Jump, while Jyothi Yarraji made it a tournament to remember with a gold in 100m hurdles and a silver in the 200m event.
Asian Athletics Championships: Yarraji follows up hurdles gold with 200m silver; India finish third with 27 medals
•Yarraji had won gold in women's 100m hurdles on Thursday and followed it up with a 200m silver while shot putter Abha Khatua equalled the national record as India won 13 medals on the final day of competition in Bangkok.
Watch: Jyothi Yarraji wins 100m hurdles gold in Asian Athletics Championships
Fpsports •The 23-year-old Yarraji clocked 13.09 seconds to win the final race ahead of two Japanese runners Terada Asuka (13.13s) and Aoki Masumi (13.26s) on a rain-drenched track at the Supachalasai Stadium.
Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for Asian Games en route to winning decathlon gold in National Championships
•The 24-year-old Shankar accumulated 7,576 points to go past the Asian Games qualifying mark of 7,500 points in the gruelling 10-event competition fought over two days on Friday and Saturday.
Jyothi Yarraji becomes first Indian woman hurdler to break 13 second barrier
•Jyothi Yarraji on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman to clock a legal sub-13 second time in 100m hurdles while smashing her own record at the National Open Athletics Championships
National Games 2022: Pole vaulter Rosy breaks national record; long jumper Aldrin beats Sreeshankar
•National Games also saw an unexpected result in the 100m women's race as Jyothi Yaraji won the gold medal, while Dutee Chand finished sixth and Hima Das finished seventh.
Jyothi Yarraji creates new 100m hurdle national record for second time in two weeks
•Before the latest national record, Jyothi Yarraji had broken the 20-year old women's 100m hurdle national record on 10 May during the Cyprus International Meet in Limassol.
Record-breaking Jyothi Yarraji does not want to get carried away after memorable debut
•22-year-old Jyothi smashed the 100m hurdles national record at the Cyprus International Meet at Limassol on Tuesday, clocking 13.23 seconds to better the old record of 13.38s, which stood in the name of Anuradha Biswal since 2002