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Jyothi Yarraji after winning 100m hurdles in Gumi (Image Credit: Reliance Foundation)

Athletics: India's star hurdler Jyothi Yarraji suffers 'freak knee injury', puts season on pause with World Championships looming

July 02, 2025 7:16 pm

An unfortunate blow for India's 100m hurdles national record holder Jyothi Yarraji as she says she suffered a knee injury during training.

AFI's priority list: Increased scrutiny on athletes competing overseas, monitoring food supplement use

June 28, 2025 10:12 am

The association wants athletes to be more judicious in choosing tournaments; plans to short-list genuine supplement suppliers

Taiwan Open athletics: Men's 4x100m relay team gets it right after their DQ at Asian C'ships; Jyothi goes sub-13 once again

June 07, 2025 11:21 pm

Indian athletes had a successful day at the Taiwan Open athletics on Saturday, winning six gold medals with Jyothi Yarraji impressing once more in the women's 100m hurdles.

After rain, Jyothi Yarraji storms to gold at Asian Athletics C'ships: 'In so many years, I haven't shouted with joy after a race'

May 30, 2025 11:13 am

Jyothi Yarraji after Asian Championships gold: "When I reached the finish line, I felt nobody was near me. In so many years, I have not shouted with joy after a race. Two or three times I have shouted in despair, but this time I shouted with happiness"

Indians who breached the Asian Athletics Championships qualification mark at National Games

February 16, 2025 8:01 am

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will later select the squad based on athletes breaching the qualification mark

Paris Olympics 2024 India Day 12 Live Updates: Vinesh Phogat, Mirabai Chanu, Avinash Sable and Jyothi Yarraji will be among the Indian stars in action in Paris on Wednesday.

Paris Olympics 2024 India, Day 12 Highlights: Mirabai Chanu finishes 4th; Vinesh disqualified; Avinash Sable 11th in 3000m steeplechase final

August 08, 2024 2:17 am

Paris Olympic 2024 India Day 12 Highlights: Follow the highlights of India's Paris Olympics with Vinesh Phogat, Mirabai Chanu, Avinash Sable, Jyothi Yarraji and more athletes in action on Wednesday.

Paris Olympics: Inside the gruelling, lonely grind of trailblazing hurdler Jyothi Yarraji

July 18, 2024 6:59 pm

After toiling for years to improve by a fraction, which paved her way to become the first Indian to qualify for Olympics in 100m hurdles, Yarraji is now aiming to shave off microseconds of her personal best in hunt for a spot in final.

Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji nearly tripped off the final hurdle, still manages to match her own national record

May 24, 2024 8:08 pm

Andhra hurdler still likely to make the cut for Paris and recent change in technique should help her cut down her timing even further

Pause, rewind, play: From Pat Cummins silencing Motera to Sheetal Devi, the archer without arms, looking back at 2023's newsmakers

December 31, 2023 6:59 pm

The moments that defined the year, those that captured the anguish and despair, the magic and mystery, the quirky and the bizarre.

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Behind Jyothi Yarraji's handwritten Asian Games tribute: Late mentor who spotted her talent, taught her how to clear hurdles, gave her shoes

October 13, 2023 9:17 am

Sai Gautham, also a hurdler, passed away in August following an accident; Jyothi Yarraji had written a note of gratitude on the back of her bib: “Gautham, this for you. We miss you”.