Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji (Twitter)
Yarraji ran her second career-best 100m hurdles race as she clocked 12.84s at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger level meet, while Borgohain clocked 20.66s against a headwind of 0.2 m/s to win gold in the men’s 200m race
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.
The 23-year-old Yarraji 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.
This was his third career-best timing. His national record set last year stands at 20.52s.
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Meanwhile, Parul Chaudhary clocked her personal best of 9:29.51s in women’s 3000m steeplechase to finish third at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour gold level meet, in USA.
Her earlier best was 9:38.29s which she had clocked last year.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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