Jyothi Yarraji creates history by becoming first Indian ever to qualify for women's 100m hurdles event at Olympics

Reliance Foundation's star athlete Jyothi Yarraji has created history by qualifying for the women's 100-meter hurdles for the Paris Olympics 2024. With this, she became the first Indian female athlete to qualify for this event in the Olympics. 

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Jyothi Yarraji has got this quota on the basis of world ranking. The women's 100-meter hurdles event has been a part of every Olympics since 1972, but this will be the first time that an Indian athlete will be included in the start list.

Only Indian woman to finish below the 13th mark

Jyothi Yarraji, the current national record holder in this event, is the only Indian woman to win a medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Asian Games, where she won a silver medal last year. She is the only Indian woman to finish below the 13th mark and holds the record for the fastest 15 runs ever by an Indian in this category. And in a knock-on effect, Jyothi also broke the long-standing national record held by three other women and now Anuradha Biswal.

Recently won gold in Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship

Jyoti's personal best performance is 12.78s, which she achieved despite a tough competition at the final hurdle at the Motonet GP in Finland earlier this year. Continuing her unbeaten streak on Indian soil, she also recently won a gold medal in the Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship.

Record-breaking runs of Jyothi

• 13.38s - Women’s 100m hurdles - Cyprus International Meet - May 2022
• 12.82s - Women’s 100m hurdles - 61st National Open  Athletics Championship - October 2022
• 12.78s - Women’s 100m hurdles - World University Games - August 2023
• 8.16s - Women’s 60m hurdles - Asian Indoor Athletics Meet (Kazakhstan) heats - February 2023
• 8.13s - Women’s 60m hurdles - Asian Indoor Athletics Meet (Kazakhstan) final - February 2023
• 8.12s - Women’s 60m hurdles - Asian Indoor  Athletics Meet (Tehran) final - February 2024

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Jyothi's accomplishments

• Gold medal, Asian  Athletics Championships 2023 (100m hurdles)
• Silver medal, Asian Athletics Championships 2023 (200m)
• Gold medal, Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024 (60m hurdles)
• Silver medal, Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 (60m hurdles)
• Bronze medal, Summer World University Games 2021 (100m hurdles)