Asian Athletics Championships 2025: Jyothi Yarraji defends 100m hurdles gold, sets new competition record

Jyothi Yarraji defended her gold medal in women’s 100m hurdles at the Asian Athletics Championships on Thursday as she set a new competition record.

Jyothi won the gold medal in Gumi, Korea, with a timing of 12.96s. She had also finished first in the previous edition in Bangkok in 2023.

Japan’s Yumi Tanaka beat China’s Wu Yanni for the silver medal by 0.007s.

India has 10 medals at the ongoing edition – four gold, four silver and two bronze – so far.

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