India’s Jyothi Yarraji broke the National Record to win gold in the women’s 60m hurdles at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran on Saturday.
Two-time Asian Games silver medallist Harmilan Bains clinched India’s first gold clocking 4:29.55 in the women’s 1500m.
Yarraji clocked 8.12s in the finals to break her own National Record and win India’s second gold in the competition.
This bettered India’s gold medal count from that of last year where Tajinderpal Singh Toor was the country’s sole gold medallist.
Jyothi topped her heat timing of 8.22s to finish ahead of Japan’s Asuka Terada who clocked 8.21s. Lui Lai Yiu of Hong Kong took the third place with 8.26s .
The 24-year-old Indian is the reigning Asian Outdoor champion in the 100m hurdles, having won the title in Bangkok last year. She had returned with a silver in the 100m hurdles from Hangzhou Asian Games after initially being disqualified.
Meanwhile, despite having just two legal throws, Asian record holder and Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor took the men’s shot put gold comfortably.
Former under-20 Worlds silver medallist Shaili Singh finished fifth in the women’s long jump with 6.27m while former Asian bronze medallist Nayana James was sixth.
There was some disappointment as the Asian champion and Asian Games silver medallist finished sixth in the men’s 1500m in 3:52.56s.
The results (gold medallists & Indian performances):
(With inputs from Stan Rayan and PTI)
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