Seven months after suffering a knee injury and un- dergoing ACL surgery, India’s top women’s hurdler, Jyothi Yarraji, shared a YouTube video showing her first track session, as well as her training regimen in the gym. “I had so many doubts before going to the track,” she said, add- ing that she tried to calm herself and not get too excited. “It went really good—one of the best days.”
The 26-year-old, who holds India’s national record in 100-meter hurdles, has won gold medals at the last two Asian Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Chi- na. Yarraji, whose father works as a security guard and mother as a domestic worker, represented India at the 2024 Par- is Olympics, the first Indian woman to compete in the 100-meter hurdles at the Olympics.