Jyothi Yarraji Breaks 60m Hurdles Record; Tejas Shirse Matches Personal Best

Synopsis

Young hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, recently honored with the Arjuna award, commenced her 2025 season by breaking her own 60m hurdles national record at the Meeting de Nantes Metropole in Nantes, France. Tejas Shirse also started strong, equaling his personal best in the men's 60m hurdles.

Key Takeaways

Jyothi Yarraji broke her own 60m hurdles record.
She clocked a time of 8.04s in the finals.
Tejas Shirse matched his personal best of 7.65s.
Both athletes are part of the Reliance Foundation.
They will compete in the upcoming National Games in Uttarakhand.

Mumbai, Jan 25 (NationPress) The talented young hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, recently honored with the esteemed Arjuna award, kicked off her 2025 season in remarkable style by breaking her own 60m hurdles national record at the ‘Meeting de Nantes Metropole’ held in Nantes, France on Saturday.

Previously holding a record of 8.12s for this distance, Jyothi achieved an impressive time of 8.07s in the heats, finishing in third place, and later clinched victory in the finals with an enhanced time of 8.04s, astonishingly improving her personal best twice within a single day.

Meanwhile, her fellow athlete from the Reliance Foundation, Tejas Shirse, fresh off a national record set in the men’s 60m hurdles at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting, equaled his personal best of 7.65s during the heats.

In the final, he recorded a time of 7.68s, securing third place in his event, thus commencing his season positively, as per a release from the Reliance Foundation on Saturday.

Both Jyothi and Tejas are currently on an international exposure trip in Europe, with the Andhra Pradesh hurdler having trained alongside the Netherlands team in South Africa prior to her initial competition of the year.

They are scheduled to compete in the National Games next month in Uttarakhand. Both athletes are already established national record holders in the 100m hurdles and 110m hurdles events respectively.