Asian Games: Despite False-Start Drama, Jyothi Yarraji Manages to Clinch Silver in the Women’s 100m Hurdles – News18
Jyothi Yarraji was upgraded to a silver after one of the racers was disqualified for a false start. (Image: AP)
The 100m hurdles race for women was filled with drama after a Chinese athlete had made a false start in the event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Drama ensued as the Women’s 100m Hurdles race was set to begin and the Indian race, Jyothi Yarraji was caught in the mix-up which brought concerns to Indian fans across the globe.
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Representing India, Jyothi Yarraji managed to get a silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Asian Games Athletics event which ended in dramatic fashion. This was primarily due to the race officials who had made an attempt to get Jyothi disqualified along with her Chinese competitor, Wu Yanni who made a false start in the race before the race actually began.
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 a 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 being completed.
The officials eventually disqualified the Chinese runner Yanni Wu and upgraded Jyothi’s medal to silver.
“In my entire life as an athlete I have never seen such a thing — officials first disqualify an athlete and then bring her back. They tried to throw Jyothi out, but she did not make any false start, her hands were touching the track when the Chinese runner was already a step and a half ahead. We lodged a protest immediately,” said Anju Bobby George, who is Senior president of the Athletics Federation of India.
The Indian protest seemed to have worked and the officials finally took the correct decision.
But the entire drama and the illegal attempt to get her disqualified seems to have affected Jyothi as she could not give her best.
“I don’t know much about the rules, but I was clear, I did not make a false start,” Jyothi told the media later in the mixed zone.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)
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