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Long distance runner Linus Dias brought fame and glory to Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Olympic stars of yesteryear Linus Dias entered the international athletics arena having participated and displayed his talents at Inter-schools and National level events as a student of Ampitya Vidyalaya, Kandy. Linus was also the Sri Lankan Team Captain for the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. As a schoolboy he won the third place in the 1,500m while causing a serious threat to some of the more senior competitors who participated in this event at the National Championships in 1951. In 1950, he quite easily won the 1-mile race at the Junior Athletics Meet and at the Public Schools Athletic Meet. In 1953, at the National Championships he was placed second in the 1,500m event. In 1954, he won the 1,500m event at the National Championship finishing the race in 4 minutes and 12.9s and the ...