Jyothi Yarraji, who broke the women’s 100 m hurdles National record thrice in the span of three weeks during the recent exposure trip to Europe, is now gunning for glory at the Commonwealth Games.
Overcoming extreme hardships — daughter of private security guard Suryanarayana — the 22-year-old Jyothi, who first won a gold at the AP inter-district meet in 2015, has never really looked back. She has gone on to win medals in different age-groups at the National level.
Having set a National record 13.04s at the recent Harry Schulting Games (The Netherlands) last month, Jyothi said the exposure trip — organised jointly by Reliance Foundation and the Odisha State Government — had given her a feel of what it meant to be in the elite bracket at the international level.
