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The 22-year-old Andhra athlete on Tuesday won the gold in Cyprus International Meet at Limassol under a head wind speed of 0.1m/s. The old national record of 13.38 seconds was in the name of Anuradha Biswal since 2002.
This Cyprus International Meet is a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger category D event.
Jyothi, who trains under Joseph Hillier at Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High-Performance Center in Bhubaneswar, had clocked 13.09 seconds during the Federation Cup in Kozhikode last month but it was not counted as national record as the wind speed was +2.1 m/s, more than the permissible +2.0 m/s.
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But it was also not counted as NR as National Anti-Doping Agency did not test her at the meet. There was no technical delegate from the Athletics Federation of India.
Another Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High-Performance Center trainee Amlan Borgohain, who smashed the national record during the Kozhikode Federation Cup, finished third in men’s 200m race with a time of 21.32 seconds.
The 24-year-old from Assam had clocked 20.52s in Kozhikode.
In other results, Lili Das won the women’s 1500m race with 4 minutes 17.79 seconds.