GUWAHATI: National record holder sprinter, Amlan Borgohain won India's first ever 200m medal at the World University Games as he picked a bronze medal with a season's best time of 20.55 seconds in Chengdu on Friday. The 25-year-old Assam boy missed his own national record of 20.52 by a whisker.
Tsebo Isadore Matsoso of South Africa won the gold with a time of 20.36 while Yudai Nishi of Japan was second in 20.46.
Moreover, Jyothi Yarraji won India's first ever 100m hurdles medal — a bronze — at the World University Games while smashing her own national record time.
The 23-year-old Yarraji clocked 12.78 seconds to finish third in the women's 100m hurdles final, bettering her earlier national mark of 12.82 seconds which she had recorded in October 2022.
With the two medals on Friday, India now has won 11 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze, placed at fourth spot in the standings. China is on top of the medals tally, followed by Korea and Japan.
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