After profitable the silver medal within the Women’s 100m Hurdles on the nineteenth Asian Games amidst a false begin controversy on Sunday, Jyothi Yarraji mentioned that dishonest ought to by no means be appreciated in any sport. While chatting with ANI, the Indian hurdler accepted that it was a horrible expertise for her however she was comfortable ultimately since she received the silver medal later. “It was a horrible experience, I just want to say that cheating should never be appreciated in any sport. After a lot of drama, I finally won the silver medal and I am happy since this was my first Asian Games,” Yarraji instructed ANI.

While explaining the state of affairs, Jyothi Yarraji mentioned that she was specializing in operating the very best time within the race however the officers gave her a false beginning warning. The Indian athlete added that her staff protested and was later awarded the silver medal.

Yarraji additional added that she felt unhappy for the Chinese hurdler since she carried out properly to succeed in this stage.

“Actually, before the start of the race, I tried to focus on doing the best timing and suddenly they gave me the false starting warning. I was shocked and after the race, we protested. I felt bad for the Chinese athlete since even though she performed well to reach here however we have to accept what it is. Now I will give myself rest for one week then will start preparation for the upcoming Paris Olympics,” Yarraji added.

The 24-year-old Indian hurdler was initially awarded the bronze medal. However, China’s Wu Yanni was disqualified after the race, upgrading Yarraji’s medal to a silver.

Yarraji clocked 12.91s to safe the silver medal within the ladies’s 100m Hurdles remaining. China’s Yuwei Lin bagged the gold medal with a time of 12.74s, whereas Japan’s Yumi Tanaka clinched the bronze.

Yanni Wu, who completed the race in second place was disqualified as a consequence of a false begin.

At first, the race officers demanded each the Indian and Chinese be disqualified for a false begin, which Yarraji and the Indian contingent strongly oppose.

After a whole lot of dialogue, the 2 athletes have been allowed to compete within the race below evaluate.

The evaluate course of continued after the race, which delayed the formal announcement of the end result. Later, as a consequence of Wu’s penalty for false begins in accordance with TR16.8, Yarraji was awarded the silver medal.

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