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Legendary high jumper Ethirveerasingam passes away Source:Island Olympian Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam who won Sri Lanka’s first gold medal at the Asian Games has passed away in Los Angeles.The former national record holder in the men’s high jump was 89 at the time of his demise. A legend in the field of athletics, Ethir was a 17-year-old student at Jaffna Central when he was picked to represent Sri Lanka at Helsinki Olympics in 1952. Ethir represented Sri Lanka at the next edition of the Olympics in 1956 as well. ...

Apr 23, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast 2018 – Sri Lankan High Jumper – Manjula Kumara image source: Sunday times We are happy to inform you that the High Jump athlete, W.P. Manjula Kumara is currently in Melbourne where he is undergoing a training session from 28th January 2018 up to the commencement of the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast which was organized by Ms. Anula Costa and under the specialized High Jump coach, Mr. Sandro Bissetto in Australia. Ms. Costa has taken all the troubles to arrange this training programme for Manjula Kumara which we are ever grateful to her. Kindly note that The Ministry of Sports and the Commonwealth Games Association of Sri Lanka is fully support Manjula and we urge  your support and assistance to make him successful at upcoming Gold Coast 2018 games. We all appreciate, with your intervention, to get the support of community in ...

Feb 12, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , Comments 0
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