Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023: Jeswin Aldrin, Jyothi Yarraji win silver medals

ASTANA: India’s Jyothi Yarraji and Jeswin Aldrin continued their national record-breaking spree and won silver medals in women’s 60m hurdles and men’s long jump, respectively, at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023, here on Sunday.

Jyothi Yarraji completed her race in 8.13s — 0.03s faster than her previous record. Yarraji, who also holds the national record in the outdoor women’s 100m hurdles event, had topped the qualification on Saturday with a timing of 8.16s.

This was the fifth time since January that Jyothi Yarraji set India’s national record in women’s 60m hurdles.

In the men’s long jump, Jeswin Aldrin fetched a silver medal for India with a new national indoor record of 7.97m. He eclipsed his own national record of 7.93m set on Friday in the qualification round, an olympics.com report said.

Also Read: Ambari United Club in the second semi final

Also Watch: