October 18, 2022 8:27 AM

Jyothi Yarraji becomes first Indian woman to clock sub-13 seconds in 100m hurdles

Jyothi Yarraji has created history by becoming the first Indian woman to clock a legal sub-13 second time in 100-meter hurdles while smashing her own record at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru yesterday. The 23-year-old Yarraji, representing Railways, cruised to victory in 12.82 seconds and, with the wind gauge reading 0.9 meter, she could not be denied her national record timing a second time. She had won the same event in the National Games in Gandhinagar in a time of 12....