Sachini sets new SL record in Pole Vault Source:Ceylontoday Sri Lanka Army athlete Sachini Perera set a new Sri Lankan record in the Pole Vault Women’s final today at the 98th National Athletics Championship being held at the Sugathadasa Stadium.  Sachini cleared a height of 3.56m shattering the previous record of 3.55m held by Jaffna’s Anitha Jegatheeswaran. ...

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Remarkable National Athletics Championship of 1995-by Reemus Fernando 12 National records were established at the annual event 25 years ago Source:Island Sri Lanka Athletics will conduct the 98th National Athletics Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium from today. Looking back at a remarkable National Championship conducted by the athletics governing body 25 years ago. “Performance wise there has been no other National Championship at which so many national records were created” says Sri Lanka Athletics statistician Saman Kumara Gunawardena referring to the 73rd National Athletics Championship which was held from October 24 to 26, 1995 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The championship was held in an era which is popularly known as the golden era of track and field sports in the country. Prominent athletes including Sugath Thilakaratne, Chinthaka de Soysa, Sriyani Kulawansa, Damayanthi Dharsha and Olympic medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe, who were well known even in the Asian circuit were at their ...

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