A video is widely circulated on social media claiming that Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji has won a gold medal at the women’s 100 m hurdle at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
The video is shared with a caption: “*Our Jyothi Yaraaji of AP Wins Gold* at Asian Games… _Father Security Guard.. & Mother a sweeper_”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video, and found it to be misleading.
Going through the viral clip thoroughly, the NM team saw multiple banners and graphics reading ‘Asian Athletics Championships 2023’.
We found that the same video shared by the Official X handle of Sports Authority of India in July 2023. The video had been shared with a caption, “@JyothiYarraji bags the 1st🥇for 🇮🇳 at the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships 2023 The #TOPSchemeAthlete clocked a time of 13.09s in Women’s 100m Hurdles Event. Meanwhile, her counterpart Nithya Ramaraj clocked 13.55s & finished 4th at the event.”
@JyothiYarraji bags the 1⃣st🥇for 🇮🇳 at the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships 2023 🥳
The #TOPSchemeAthlete clocked a time of 13.09s in Women’s 100m Hurdles Event.
Meanwhile, her counterpart Nithya Ramaraj clocked 13.55s & finished 4⃣th at the event. pic.twitter.com/WPGCcHHoOM
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 13, 2023
The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships was held from July 12 to July 16, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
But the 2023 Asian Games are being held in Hangzhou, China. As per the schedule available on the official website, the 100m hurdles — for which Jyothi has been selected — will take place on October 1, 2023.
Thus, we can conclusively say that an old video is being shared as recent.
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