Asian Championship

Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji broke her own an year-old national record as she won the 60m hurdles gold at the Asian indoor athletics championships in Tehran on Saturday. Jyothi clocked 8.12s to better her record (8.13s) which brought her the silver at last year’s indoor Asians in Kazakhstan.

Asian record holder and Asian Games champion Tajinder pal Singh Toor took the men’s shot put gold comfortably while Asian Games silver medalist Harmilan Bains brought another gold, in women’s 1500m.

Former under-20 Worlds silver medalist Shaili Singh finished fifth in the women’s long jump with 6.27m while former Asian bronze medalist Nayana James was sixth.

Asian Championship – Where was the disappointment

There was some disappointment as the Asian champion and Asian Games silver medalist Ajay Kumar Saroj finished sixth in the men’s 1500m in 3:52.56s.

Men: 1500m: 1. Keneshbekov Nursultan (Kgz) 3:49.10s, 6. Ajay Kumar Saroj (Ind) 3:52.56. Shot put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Ind) 19.72m, 4. Dhanveer Singh (Ind) 18.59. Women: 1500m: 1. Harmilan Bains (Ind) 4:29.55s. 60M hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji (Ind) 8.12s National record, OR 8.13, Kaz., 2023. Long jump: 1. Xiong Shiqi (Chn) 6.55m, 5. Shaili Singh (Ind) 6.27, 6. Nayana James (Ind) 6.23. Shot put: 1. Sun Yue (Chn) 17.65m.

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