Gulveer Singh was in top form in 2023, which was his breakthrough year at the international level. He had an impressive run during the Asian Games and followed it up at the National Games Goa, 2023. He starts his 2024 season on a high note.
The performance is a great 2024 season opener for Jyothi, who bettered her own national record from last year's edition at Kazakhstan, where she won silver.
Jyothi improved her own mark, finishing in 13.22 sec while Tejas who had rewritten the games record in the heats to 13.80 sec held in the morning on Monday, improved his timing by finishing in 13.71 sec in the finals.
Moumita Mandal is confident of making a mark at the National Games in Goa after being adjudged the 'Best Athlete' at the National U23 Athletics Championships which concluded last week in Chandigarh
Jyothi Yarraji opened up on her false start controversy in the Women's 100m Hurdles at the 19th Asian Games and said that it was a horrible experience.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on his resounding success and clinching the silver medal at the ongoing 19th Asian Games. PM Modi also lauded the resilience, discipline and rigorous training of Jyothi Yarraji and conveyed his best wishes for
With a power-packed performance following plenty of drama in the final, the ace athlete clocked 12.91s to secure the silver medal in the Women's 100m Hurdles final.
Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 200m event after she finished third in her heat with timings of 23.78 seconds at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday.
Yarraji, an Asian level champion, clocked 13.03 seconds to reach the finals and stay in contention for a medal. The 24-year-old hurdler finished second in her heat and overall third.