Olympian Jyothi Yarraji continued her solid run this season with a victory in the women’s 100m hurdles as India secured six gold medals on the opening day of the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 in Chinese Taipei today.

Tejas Shirse, the national record holder in the men’s 110m hurdles, also claimed gold in his pet event with a season-best time of 13.52s.

India also won gold medals in both the men’s and women’s 100m relays.

The quartet of Sudheeksha Vadluri, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS and Nithya Gandhe won the women’s 100m relay.

The men’s 100m relay saw the quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain win the gold.

Earlier in the day, Pooja won India’s first gold medal by dominating the women’s 1500m race.

Abdulla Aboobacker secured India’s second gold in the men’s triple jump, registering a leap of 16.21 meters on his third attempt.

The two-day Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 will conclude tomorrow.