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:
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- 7 Jun 2025 7:05 AM GMT
Tejas Shirse tops the heat-2 to qualify for the final
Tejas clocks a decent time of 13.62s to top his heat and advanced to the final
- 7 Jun 2025 6:53 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's 100m Hurdles Heat 2 - Tejas Shirse
The two best runners will directly qualify for the final of each heat, while others will wait for two automatic spots after all three heats conclude.
Heat 2 Start List:
- (3) 2008 Liu Yu-chih (TPE)
- (4) 2355 Chen Xiang Ang (SGP)
- (5) 2317 Tejas Shirse (IND)
- (6) 2289 Hiu Long Liu (HKG)
- (7) 2231 Chou Cheng-hua (TPE)
- (8) 2037 Chen Yi-Syuan (TPE)
- (9) 2347 T.O.T. Okolo (PHI)
- 7 Jun 2025 6:33 AM GMT
Jyothi Yarraji wins Heat 1 and qualifies for the final
Jyothi clocks a good time of 13.18s to finish at the top of the preliminary round despite the heavy rain.
- 7 Jun 2025 6:15 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 100m Hurdles Heat-1 at 12:00 PM IST
The two best runners will directly qualify for the final of each heat, while others will wait for two automatic spots after all three heats conclude.
Heat 1 Start List:
(3) 1087 Wu Yu-Ning (TPE)
(4) 1136 Lin Hsiao-Hui (TPE)
(5) 1232 Jyothi Yarraji (IND)
(6) 1129 Zhang Bo-Ya (TPE)
(7) 1213 Chao Yan Shing (HKG)
(8) 1016 Chung Chao-chen (TPE)
- 7 Jun 2025 6:00 AM GMT
Here is the Indian Schedule for the day
There will be six finals on the opening day of the competition for Indian athletes
- 12:00 PM - Women's 100m Hurdles Heats - Jyothi Yarraji
- 12:25 PM - Men's 100m Hurdles Heats - Tejas Shirse
- 2:00 PM - Men's Triple Jump Final - Abdulla Aboobacker
- 2:25 PM - Women's 1500m Final - Pooja
- 4:00 PM - Women's 100m Hurdles Final - Jyothi Yarraji
- 4:10 PM - Men's 100m Hurdles Final - Tejas Shirse
- 5:50 PM - Women's 4*100m Final
- 6:05 PM - Men's 4*100m Final
