India’s drug cheat makes way for Sri Lanka’s Gayanthika-BY DHAMMIKA RATNAWEERA Gayanthika Abeyratne Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka middle distance runner Gayanthika Abeyratne will be elevated to receive the Bronze medal at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championship 800m women’s event after the Gold medallist, Indian runner Gomathi Marimuthu’s appeal against her four-year doping ban was rejected. The president of Sri Lanka Athletics, Major Gen Palitha Fernando confirmed that Gayanthika will receive the medal in due course. ...
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Sri Lanka Athletics to go ahead with National Championships-by Reemus Fernando Source:Island Sri Lanka Athletics will conduct the National Championships and the Junior National Championships as scheduled but has considered alternatives in the event of an escalation of Covid 19 cases. The governing body of track and field decided to conduct the two major national events at a meeting held on Wednesday. “We have considered alternatives in the event of an escalation of Covid 19 cases. In case of an increase in cases of Covid 19 we will conduct field events and track events separately at two venues. We have also considered the option of increasing the number of days and reducing the number of events per day to minimize the number of athletes per day at the venue,” Palitha Fernando, who was re-elected as the president at the weekend’s AGM told The Island. ...
May 2, 2021
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