Asha Bhosle Congratulates Sprinter Jyothi Yarraji For Asian Games Gold. Internet Fact-checks Her

A video shared by famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle went viral on social media, but for the wrong reason. In her post on Twitter (now X), Bhosle congratulated sprinter Jyothi Yarraji of winning a gold medal in the Asian Games 2023. The post saw many fans taking to Twitter and congratulated Yarraji for the feat. But, the athlete hadn't actually won an Asiad Gold at the Hangzhou Games. The sprinter Yarraji had actually won a Gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships on July 13, 2023. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally)

As far as the Asian Games 2023 is concerned, Yarraji's event hasn't yet commenced. The sprinter is scheduled to participate in the women's 100m hurdles event on October 01.

It isn't the first time that a post on social media has misled fans. Earlier, a video featuring another Indian sprinter, Hima Das, had gone viral, suggesting she won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022. But, better sense prevailed and fans soon came to know that the video was from the 2018 World Athletics Championships.

"Heartiest congratulations to Yaraaji from Andhra Pradesh for winning the Gold for 100mts hurdles at the Asian Games," Bhosle posted on X.

Heartiest congratulations to Yaraaji from Andhra Pradesh for winning the Gold for 100mts hurdles at the Asian Games pic.twitter.com/QzrfhyGmfV

Interestingly, Gautam Gambhir also put up a similar post.

This gold medal is true testament that dreams come true irrespective of circumstances. Way to go Jyothi Yaraaji pic.twitter.com/yIhuP0FA2Q

The video of Jyothi that Asha Bhosle posted was from the 2023 Asian Athletics championship held in Bangkok in July 2023.

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