NEW DELHI: India’s Jyothi Yarraji scripted historical past on Thursday on the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, securing India’s first gold medal by triumphing within the ladies’s 100m hurdles race.
The 23-year-old sprinter clocked a powerful time of 13.09 seconds, leaving Japanese athletes Terada Asuka (13.13s) and Aoki Masumi (13.26s) in her wake on the rain-soaked observe on the Supachalasai Stadium.

Yarraji’s exceptional achievement marks her maiden prime end in a significant worldwide occasion, and her nationwide document at the moment stands at a powerful 12.82 seconds.

Earlier on Wednesday, Abhishek Pal had secured a bronze medal for India within the males’s 10,000m race.