Leicestershire (England), May 23 (Agency) India’s 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji bettered her own 100m hurdle national record to clinch a gold medal at the Loughborough International Athletics in the UK. The 22-year-old clocked 13.11 seconds in the 100m hurdles on Sunday to better her own record of 13.23 seconds which she clocked on May 10 to win a gold at the Cyprus International Meet. The Andhra athlete broke 20-year-old national record of 13.38 seconds set by Anuradha Biswal in 2002 earlier this month. In the Federation Cup held last month, Jyothi clocked a national record timing 13.09 seconds, but her effort was not counted as the wind (+2.1) was over the legal limit of 2.0.
Siddhant Thingalaya, however, finished second in the 110m hurdles with a 13.97-second run. Another athlete, national record holder Amlan Borgohain finished fifth in the men’s 200m event with a timing of 21.27s. In the Kozhikode Federation Cup in April, Assam’s promising sprinter clocked 20.52 seconds to break the Muhammed Anas’ national record of 20.62 seconds set in Poland in 2018. In other result, former national swimmer-turned-hurdler Graceson Amaldas won the under-20 men’s 110m hurdles guest race at Loughborough International, finishing his run in 13.91 seconds.