Jyothi Yarraji suffers knee injury in training, ruled out of 2025 athletics season

Jyothi Yarraji, the national record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles with a personal best timing of 12.78s, was last seen in action at the Taiwan Athletics Open last month, where she won the gold medal in her event after clocking 12.99s.

The Indian athlete also clocked 12.96s to win gold at the Asian Athletics Championship in May.

Jyothi Yarraji’s injury also ends her bid to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, which is set to take place from September 13 to 21.

An Asian Games silver medallist, Yarraji had begun her 2025 season with a gold in the 100m hurdles and 200m race in the National Games in February before bagging top spot in the 100m hurdles at the Federation Cup.

She also successfully defended her Asian Championships title in Gumi, the Republic of Korea.

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