Jyothi Yarraji breaks own national record, clinches bronze at World University Games

Jyothi Yarraji (Pic: Twitter/AFI)

Star Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji bettered her own national record time and won India's first ever 100m hurdles medal -- a bronze -- at the World University Games here on Friday.

The 23-year-old clocked 12.78, as compared to her previous record of 12.82 seconds which she had achieved in October 2022, to finish third in the women's 100m hurdles final.

Viktoria Forster of Slovakia won the gold medal, clocking 12.72, while Yanni Wu of China took the silver with a time of 12.76.

Another national record holder sprinter, Amlan Borgohain also won India's first ever 200m medal at the World University Games as he picked a bronze medal with a season's best time of 20.55 seconds.

The 25-year-old missed his own national record of 20.52 by a whisker.

Tsebo Isadore Matsoso of South Africa won the gold with a time of 20.36 while Yudai Nishi of Japan was second in 20.46.

With the two medals on Friday, India has now won 11 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze, placed at fourth spot in the standings. China is on top of the medals tally, followed by Korea and Japan.

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Indian athletics' first medal at the World University Games came in the 2013 edition in Kazan, Russia, where shot putter Inderjeet Singh won a silver. Inderjeet went on to win a gold in the 2015 edition in Gwangju, South Korea.

In the 2017 edition in Taipei, Sanjivani Jadhav won a silver in 10,000m race before Dutee Chand clinched a 100m gold in 2019 in Naples, Italy.

(With PTI inputs)