Jyothi Yarraji suffers season-ending injury

Star Indian hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has reportedly suffered an injury during training.

While Yarraji herself was unavailable for a comment, sources confirmed that the 25-year-old has indeed suffered an injury that could well prove to be a matter of concern.

And on Wednesday, the worst fears of every observer came true when the athlete herself took to social media to reveal that the injury is serious enough to keep her out for the rest of the season.

"Due to an unforunate injury to my knee during training a few days back, I've had to put a pause on my season," read her statement.

While the nature of her injury is unclear, she did mention that she will be working with her medial team.

"I'm working with my medical team to assess my options and take a decision on the way forward," she added.

This is not the first injury scare that Yarraji has sustained in the ongoing season.

Incidentally, a few weeks ahead of the Federation Cup in Kochi, the hurdler had sustained a freak hamstring injury that required her to skip vital training sessions.

Despite that niggle, Yarraji had clocked 13.23s to win the women’s 100m hurdles at Kochi. Thereafter, she travel to Gumi with the Indian contingent and defended her 100m hurdles Gold at the Asian Athletics Championships.

However, this latest development is a hugely disappointing as Yarraji was gearing up to qualify for the 2025 World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo in September this year.

With this development, her focus will now change from qualification to rehabilitation and recovery.