Mumbai, May 10: Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji on Thursday won the women’s 100m hurdles title at the Harry Schulting Games 2024 in Veget, Netherlands. However, he missed the Olympics in Paris by a tenth of a second. In the first event of the European outdoor season, Asian Games silver medalist Jyoti won the gold in 12.87 seconds, ahead of Mila Gruter who finished second in 13.67 seconds.
Hannah van Bast of the Netherlands finished second with a time of 13.84 seconds. Yalaghi finished first with 12.87 seconds, 0.10 seconds shy of the Olympic standard of 12.77 seconds. Earlier in the day, Jyoti qualified for the final of the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.04 seconds.
This is Jyoti’s second training session at the Reliance Foundation High Performance Center in Bhubaneswar, where she achieved a national bronze record of 12.78 seconds at the World Championships, missing her qualifying time by a hundred half. College Competition. Jyoti performed well at the Asian indoor season earlier this year and will compete in five more events during this year’s Olympic qualification season, which ends on June 30.
Meanwhile, Indian sprinter Tejas Shirse won the 110m hurdles at the same event with a personal best time of 13.56 seconds, ahead of Joas van Hellemondt (13.80 seconds) and Jamie Sesay (13.92 seconds). National 200m record holder Amlan Borgohain was scheduled to compete in Figuet on Thursday, but did not attend.
