Yarraji breaks 100m hurdles natl record

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New Delhi, May 11: A month after her national record effort was not counted due to wind assistance beyond legal limit, 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has smashed the NR while winning an event in Cyprus with a timing of 13.23 seconds.
The 22-year-old athlete on Tuesday won the gold in Cyprus International Meet at Limassol under a head wind speed of 0.1m/s. The old national record of 13.38 seconds was in Anuradha Biswal’s name since 2002. The Cyprus International Meet is a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger category D event. (PTI)

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