Athletics
Taiwan Athletics Open: Pooja, Jyothi Yarraji, Tejas Shirse win gold- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the first day of the Taiwan Open Athletics event in Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
The Indian men's 4x100m relay team is to compete at the Taiwan Athletics Open. (Photo Credits: AFI YouTube)
Twelve Indian athletes participated on day 1 of the World Athletics Continental Bronze event, the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025, in Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
The top Indian hurdlers, Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse, led the day for India with the gold medals with good timings, while Asian championship medalist Pooja won the women's 1500m final.
In the field, Triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker was the only Indian to compete on the day. Meanwhile, the Indian men's and women's 4*100m relay teams also clinched the gold medals.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 7 Jun 2025 10:34 AM GMT
Jyothi Yarraji came from behind to win the gold medal with a time of 12.99s
This is Jyothi's second sub-13 race of the year, and she did that in her two successive international events, showcasing her consistency on the circuit.
She was not in the top 2 before the final hurdles, but she showed a brilliant final dash to edge past the two Japanese runners and win the title.
This will also help her rise in the world rankings and will further solidify her World Championship qualification chances.
- 7 Jun 2025 10:30 AM GMT
Jyothi Yarraji is ready for her second international title within 15 days
Running in lane 5, she will get good competition from two Japanese sprinters in her adjacent lanes.
- 7 Jun 2025 10:01 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 100m hurdles Final at 4:00 PM IST - Jyothi Yarraji
Here is the startlist:
(2) 1211 Lai Yiu LUI (HKG)
(3) 1186 Aika Shibata (JPN)
(4) 1198 Chisato KIYOYAMA (JPN)
(5) 1232 Jyothi YARRAJI (IND)
(6) 1202 Asuka TERADA (JPN)
(7) 1129 CHEUNG Pak-ya (TPE)
(8) 1269 Delta AMIDZOVSKI (AUS)
(9) 1213 Cho Yan SING (HKG)
- 7 Jun 2025 9:38 AM GMT
Abdulla Aboobacker wins the gold medal with the best jump of 16.21m
Final Standings
Gold - Abdulla Aboobacker (IND) - 16.21m
Silver - Yun Chen-Li (TPE) - 15.92m
Bronze - Zheng Jia Zhou (TPE) - 15.59m
- 7 Jun 2025 9:08 AM GMT
Abdulla crosses the 16m for the first time in the final
He touched the 16.21m on his third attempt and maintained his lead at the top of the leaderboard.
- 7 Jun 2025 9:02 AM GMT
Pooja wins the 1500m gold medal with a time of 4:11.63s
It was a comfortable race for Pooja as she didn't get much more challenge from the chasing pack.
This was also a new championship record from Pooja.
- 7 Jun 2025 8:53 AM GMT
Abdulla betters his attempt to 15.97m on the second attempt
He still leads the overall charts of the final ahead of Jun-Lin Chen of Chinese Taipei in second with 15.37m.
- 7 Jun 2025 8:45 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 1500m final at 2:25 PM IST
Here is the start list:
(1) Pooja (IND)
(2) S.G. JON (PRK)
(3) Tang Le-yu
(4) Chen Chieh-An
(5) S. Ramadan (PHI)
(6) Pan Xiuli
(7) Su Ruimin
(8) He Cai-Syuan
(9) He Lanni
(10) Chen Yanan
(11) Chen Xiangwei
(12) Wu Youwei
(13) Li Roujing
(14) Lai Zhiqing
(15) H.T. Tsang (HKG)
- 7 Jun 2025 8:41 AM GMT
Abdulla starts the final with a jump of 15.80m
He is currently at the top of the standings.
- 7 Jun 2025 7:45 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's Triple Jump Final at 2:00 PM IST
Abdulla Aboobacker will be competing for India in this event
Here is the start list:
- Chen Jun-Lin (TPE)
- Chang Kai (TPE)
- Wing Lok Cheung (HKG)
- Yu Min-Yang (TPE)
- Chi Keung CHAN (HKG)
- Gabriel Lee (SGP)
- Chou Cheng-Chia (TPE)
- Huang Wei-lin (TPE)
- Jun-Lin Chen (TPE)
- Abdulla Aboobacker (IND)
