All India Inter University Athletics meet: Jyothi won 100m hurdles with new NR and meet record


All India Inter University Athletics meet: Jyothi won 100m hurdles with new NR and meet record

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Yarraji Jyothi from Acharya Nagarjun University won 100m hurdles gold medal at the 80th Inter University Athletic Championship. On her way to gold she also created new national record and meet record with 13.03 second.

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Jyothi bettered the previous meet record of 13.72, created by G Gayathri from University of Madras. She also broke the old national record of 13.38 seconds set by Anuradha Biswal back in 2002.

Jyothi also won gold medal in the 59th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship in Lucknow last year. In November 2016 she clocked 14.92 seconds in Junior Athletic Championship in Coimbatore. She is currently training under Olympian Seef Le Roux of South Africa.