Tejas Shirse units new nationwide file in males’s hurdles

Helsinki: Indian athlete Tejas Shirse set a brand new nationwide file within the males’s 110m hurdles on the Motonet GP Jyväskylä athletics meet in Finland on Wednesday however neglected the Olympic qualification mark by means of a couple of seconds. Within the ultimate of the boys’s 110m hurdles tournament, Shirse completed on best with a timing of 13.41 seconds. Then again, he neglected the Olympic qualification mark of 13.27 seconds by means of simply 0.14 seconds.

Shirase, 21, surpassed the nationwide file of 13.48 seconds set by means of Siddhant Thingalaya in 2017. The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday stated Shirase’s efficiency on the tournament, tweeting, “Athletics: New Nationwide File at Motonet GP Jyvaskyla, Tejas Shirase of India finishes first within the males’s 110m hurdles ultimate with a fantastic timing of 13.41 secs! Simply 0.14 secs off the #Olympics qualification mark of 13.27 secs, stay pushing Tejas!”

In the meantime, Asian Video games silver medallist Jyoti Yaraj additionally gained the ladies’s 100m tournament on the Finland festival and equalled her nationwide file of 12.78 seconds, which could also be her private highest. She completed forward of Jamaica’s Crystal Morrison (12.87 seconds) and Finland’s Lotta Harla (12.95 seconds). Then again, she neglected the Olympic qualification mark by means of 0.01 seconds. She had additionally neglected the mark by means of the similar margin all the way through the International College Video games in Chengdu final yr. The qualification duration for the Paris 2024 Olympics, to be held from July 26 to August 11, ends on June 30.