2023 National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Tejas Shirse, Kushagra Rawat set new Games records

Asian Games medallist Jyoti Yarraji and Tejas Shirse broke Games records on way to winning the gold medals in 100m and 110m hurdles respectively at the athletics competitions of the 2023 National Games in Goa on Monday.

Yarraji improved on her her own mark, finishing in 13.22 sec while Shirse, who had rewritten the Games record in the heats to 13.80 sec held in the morning, improved his timing by finishing in 13.71 sec in the finals.

Maharashtra is currently leading the medal tally with 47 gold, 34 silver and 33 bronze followed by Haryana with 18 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze in second place. The 2022 champions Services are currently third with 17 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze.

On a day of records being broken, Priyanka Goswami bettered the Games record in the 20 km walk held in the morning. Goswami finished in 1:36:35 sec breaking the record of Munita Prajapati, who won the bronze medal. Maharashtra’s Sejal Anil Singh finished in 1:41:13 sec to win the silver.

In the 400m, Vithya Ramraj of Tamil Nadu took gold finishing in 52.85 sec well ahead of Jyotikasri D of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala’s Jisna Mathew. In the men’s category, K. Avinash of Tamil Nadu...

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