100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji wins gold in Germany

Yarraji, 23, clocked 12.84s at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger level meet, just a tad outside her national record time of 12.82s, which she had set last year

100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji wins gold in Germany

Jyothi Yarraji (Pic: PTI)

National record holder Jyothi Yarraji ran her second career best 100m hurdles race to win gold at the Kurpfalz Gala event at Weinheim in Germany.

Yarraji, 23, clocked 12.84s at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger level meet, just a tad outside her national record time of 12.82s, which she had set last year.

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This was her first international 100m hurdles race of the season. Another national record holder Amlan Borgohain clocked 20.66s against a headwind of 0.2 m/s to win gold in the men’s 200m race in the same competition on Saturday.

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