Asian indoor athletics championships
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Asian Indoor Athletics: Jyothi, Tajinder Toor Set National Records; Harmilan Too Bags Gold Medal On Day 1 (Ld)
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji and Tajinderpal Singh Toor set new National Records while Harmilan Bains too surged to victory as India picked three gold medals on the opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran on Saturday.
Jyothi Yarraji she won the women's 60m hurdles gold with a new National Record to boot, clocking 8.12 seconds to improve her own National Record of 8.13 set in the Asian Championships at Astana, Kazakhstan in February 2023.
Toor came up with a superb effort of 19.72 metres to end first in the men's shot put as he smashed the indoor National Record, set 19 years ago by Olympian Vikas Gowda. While Toor hogged the limelight by setting a National Record, compatriot Dhanveer Singh came up with a commendable effort of 18.59 to finish fourth.
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