Fed Cup Athletics: Yaraji wins 100m hurdles, rain halts events
Jyoti Yaraji bettered her own record to win gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh’s Yaraji finished 13th in the heats of the women’s 100m hurdles. Made a tournament record by taking 18 seconds. He hit 12. Improved this record by taking 89 seconds. Along with this, he also crossed the qualifying mark for the Asian Championship to be held in Bangkok from July 12 to 16. R Nitya Ramraj of Tamil Nadu stood second and Sapna Kumari of Jharkhand stood third.
In the men’s 110m hurdles, Tejas Ashok Shirse of Maharashtra won the gold medal. At the end of the day, due to rain and storm, there was a power failure at the Birsa Munda Stadium, which led to darkness all around. The contestants had to run to a safe place. The men’s 200m heat race had to be stopped due to rain but the event resumed after 15 minutes, according to an official.
