The whole country celebrated the ASIAD gold medal in an unprecedented way but was shocked by this

Recently, a video of athlete Jyothi Yarraji winning the Asian Games gold medal in athletics has been circulating on Indian social networking sites.

Athlete Jyothi Yarraji of India.

This athlete even surpassed the Chinese "hurdle goddess" Wu Yanni to win the precious gold medal. After this video, a series of high-ranking officials, celebrities, and Indian fans shared the article and gave Jyothi Yarraji a lot of praise. These people believe that Jyothi Yarraji is a national hero or a new symbol of Indian sports because of her efforts to overcome difficulties to bring glory to the Fatherland. But after those compliments, Indian fans discovered that this was a fake video. In fact, the video that was widely shared by the audience in the billion-people country was when Jyothi Yarraji competed in the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships held in July, not at the 19th ASIAD. At the tournament held in Bangkok, the 24-year-old runner won the women's 100m hurdles, then won the Silver Medal in the women's 200m. This video was edited and combined with a video of Yarraji competing at the 2023 FISU World University Games to resemble the 19th Asian Games. Meanwhile, the final of the 100m hurdles event for women in athletics at the 19th Asian Games will not take place until October 1. After learning the truth, many people quietly deleted the post. However, there were also a few who "made excuses" by saying that it was "early celebration, because Jyothi Yarraji would win gold anyway". As of September 29, the Indian Sports Delegation had won 8 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 13 bronze medals, ranking 4th in the medal table.

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