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Tharushi and mixed relay team win golds in South Korea – By Dhammika Ratnaweera Tharushi Karunaratne with her 800m gold medal Source : dailynews Tharushi Karunaratne the promising athlete from Walala. A . Ratnayake Central once again came to the limelight when she won 800m gold medal at the Asian under 20 Athletic Championship which is now in progress in South Korea. Tharushi Karunaratne coached by Susantha Fernando bagged her second medal of the meet yesterday as she earlier took silver medal of 400m on the previous day. Tharushi who started her 800 m final from fourth lane took an early lead from the first round finished with a clear lead to earn gold medal with a time of 2.05:64 minutes. The second placed athlete finished the race with 2.10.22 minutes well behind Tharushi. The three other athletes couldn’t pose any challenge to young Tharushi Karunaratne and she finished the race ...

Oct 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Questions raised over Para athlete’s world record-BY TB RAHAMAN Dulan Kodithuwakku   Source:Sundayobserver Paralympic athlete Dulan Kodithuwakku established a new world record of 66.60m in the javelin throw for those in the F-44 category at the National Para Athletic Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium last week. But questions have been raised over whether this record will be recognized by the world body the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) who were not contacted by the Sri Lanka Paralympic Committee to obtain ratification for their National championship. Dulan Kodithuwakku from the Army won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics having thrown the javelin to a distance of 65.61m. The previous record in this event was held by Australian Micheal Burian with a distance of 66.29m. Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) stated that they had all technical requirements such as the venue, qualified judges and equipment in place for World Athletics to ratify ...

Jul 5, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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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 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Revisiting National Athletics Championships of 1945-by Reemus Fernando Source:Island Sri Lanka Athletics is set to conduct its 98th National Athletics Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium from Saturday, as it looks forward to provide the competition-starved national athletes an opportunity to weigh in their strengths after being in the sideline for more than a year due to Covid 19 pandemic. In two years Sri Lanka Athletics will celebrate the centenary year. Today we review a National Championship which was held 75 years ago. Sri Lanka Athletics which was then called the Amateur Athletics Association conducted the National Championships of 1945 over two days on October 14 and 15 at the Police Ground, Bambalapitiya. According to Sri Lanka Athletics records, men competed in 15 events while the women’s competition had only four disciplines. Apart from the senior events there had been an invitational school boy event of 440 yards won by G.A. ...

Dec 29, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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