In an interesting twist at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Jyothi Jyothi Yarraji won the silver medal after drama in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Asian Games.

In an interesting twist at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Jyothi Jyothi Yarraji won the silver medal after drama in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Asian Games. 

A Chinese athlete made a false start but was allowed to continue. Yarraji initially won the bronze medal, but his medal was upgraded to silver after review.

Here’s why. Jyothi Yarraji won the silver medal after drama in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Asian Games. A Chinese athlete made a false start but was allowed to continue. Yarraji initially won the bronze medal, but his medal was upgraded to silver after review. Here’s why. The women’s 100mH was the final event of the day on Sunday with two Chinese athletes – Yuwei Lin and Yanni Wu – among the contenders for the gold medal. There was a false start early in the race and it was clear to the naked eye that Wu, in lane 4, was the culprit, leading for more than an hour.

The officials watched the replays and suddenly came and gave a “Disqualified” card to Jyothi, who was in the next lane. The Indian national record holder protested and sought to check the replays himself. Authorities at the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) confirmed that after the protest, officials double-checked and revised their decision, reinstating Jyothi and DQing Wu instead. This caused Wu to protest and ask to be allowed to run in demonstrations, which was allowed by the regulations, and finished second while Jyothi finished third, provisionally winning the bronze medal. However, the final results table eliminated Wu while Jyothi received silver. “She protested herself on the track and made her case very strongly. I was very, very proud of her today, especially after the 200m disaster in the morning,” relieved coach James Hiller told Sportstar. He also revealed that the same thing happened in the final of the Asian Athletics Championships earlier this year with this same athlete. “She was also eliminated and Jyothi won the gold medal,” he said. India’s Jyothi Yarraji celebrates her bronze medal before winning silver in the women’s 100m hurdles final at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province , October 1, 2023.

There were reports that India would officially protest, but AFI officials confirmed there was no protest. “When the official results showed that she was second, what was the need to protest? Instead, China can file a protest, if it wishes, to challenge the results,” they explained. While Wu herself appeared determined to do so, Chinese sports officials dissuaded her from approaching the Technical Information Center, eventually convincing her and taking her away.