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Two sisters Tashiya and Tiana excel at Pan Am TT Championship-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Tiana youngest daughter (left) Thilina Piyadasa and eldest daughter Tashiya in action Source:Dailynews Two sisters Tashiya and Tiana Piyadasa once again came to the limelight at the recently concluded ITTF Pan Am Youth TT Championships in Cuenca, Ecuador to win eight medals for the USA junior TT team. The US Team took home a total of 41 medals, which included winning the Gold Medal in nine of the fourteen events held at this elite international tournament while Tashiya and Tiana the two daughters of former National TT Champion Thilina Piyadasa were leading the way with impressive performance. The performances of this Pan Am Youth TT Championship gave a real boost for two promising paddlers, 11-year-old Tashiya and 8-year-old Tiana and both of them followed their father’s footsteps. The US Girls U-13 and U-11 Teams did well, taking ...