Jyothi wins silver in 100m hurdles at the Asian Games in dramatic fashion

HANGZHOU: India's Jyothi Yarraji won the silver medal in Women's 100m hurdles at the Asian Games in dramatic fashion after the race officials made an attempt to get her disqualified along with Chinese competitor Wu Yanni who made a false start. The Chinese officials tried to also disqualify Jyothi, though she was slower than the Chinese runner and then allowed both of them to compete under protest as Jyothi demonstrated with the officials. Jyothi ran the race and finished third with the timing of 12.91, behind the two Chinese runners, the one disqualified earlier finishing second ahead of the Indian. But the Indian officials protested within minutes of the race getting completed. The officials eventually disqualified the Chinese runner Yanni Wu and upgrades Jyothi's medal to silver. IANS

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