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10-10-2021, 12:59 PM
Sri Lanka Wrestling team manager goes missing in Norway
The manager in charge of the Sri Lankan Wrestling team has gone missing in Norway. Sri Lanka Wrestling Association (SLWA) President Sarath Hewawitharana said that Team Manager Donald Indrawansa has left the team and gone missing during the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. The SLWA sent a six-member contingent for the 17th World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo in Norway from October 2 to 10th. The Sri Lankan wrestling team returned to the country yesterday without the manager. The Sri Lankan players have complained that they didn’t have money for PCR tests even as the manager had the money. https://www.newswire.lk/2021/10/10/sri-lanka-wrestling-team-manager-goes-missing-in-norway/ 10-31-2021, 08:48 AM
Sri Lanka Navy’s Leading Women Sailor Gayanthika Abeyrathna has set two new Sri Lanka records in women’s 1500m and 5000m at the 99th National Athletics Championships held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.
http://adaderana.lk/news/78076/gayanthika-abeyrathna-sets-two-new-sri-lanka-records The Asian Gold Medalist set these two new records in respective events held on 30th and 31st October 2021. Accordingly, Gayanthika Abeyratne set the new national record in the women’s 1500m in 4 minutes and 9.12 secs (4: 9.12), beating Nimali Liyanarachchi’s previous record of 4 minutes and 15.86 secs (4: 15.86) set in 2019. Further, this morning (31st October) she won the women’s 5000m in 15 minutes and 55.84 secs (15: 55.84), setting a new Sri Lanka record by breaking the previous record of 16 minutes and 17.82 secs (16: 17.82) set by Nilani Rathnayake in 2019. She had previously won a gold medal in the women’s 800m at the 2017 Taipei City Asian Grand Prix in Taipei, a silver medal in the women’s 800m at the 2017 Asian Championships in India, a gold medal in the women’s 1500m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and a bronze medal in the women’s 800 meters at the same championship. Abeyratne joined Sri Lanka Navy in 2010 and has represented Sri Lanka Navy in athletics over the years. For her exceptional talents in the sporting arena, she has won the award for the Best Sportswoman from Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Navy Colours Night in 2021. She is coached by Mr. GL Sajith Jayalal, Director, National Institute of Sports Science. 12-06-2021, 01:20 AM
Sri Lankan youth created history by surpassing their best-ever overall medal haul at the Asian Youth Para Games with an outstanding showing at the fourth edition of the event currently underway in Manama, Bahrain.
https://www.ft.lk/sports/Sri-Lanka-surpasses-overall-medal-haul-at-Asian-Youth-Para-Games/23-727034 12-07-2021, 12:17 AM
http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/12/07/sports/266635/sri-lankan-youth-para-athletes-create-history
Sri Lankan Youth Para athletes created history at the Asian Youth Para Games in Bahrain when they clinched best-ever overall medal haul with an outstanding performance. Sri Lanka bagged 12 medals (four Gold, four Silver, four Bronze) at this meet which ended yesterday. The 16 year old Galina Basnayake finished the meet with another gold in 50m free style yesterday and that was her third gold. Earlier she got 400m free style and 100m free style golds. The swimmer from Lyceum International school, Wattala had an outstanding performance to pocket three golds and one silver from 100m butterfly. The fourth gold for Sri Lanka was won by Mohammad Safran who is from Arakkala Muslim School Kekunagolla. Safran who got 100m silver once again was able to win the gold in the long jump with a leap of 5.60m. He had a clear lead to pocket his gold while Indian Darsh Ashish with 4.67m and Thailand P. Seangart with 3.90m were placed second and third . Jason Jayawardene from Gateway International secured his first Silver medal in the Men’s T/F 40 Shot Putt with a distance of 6.64 metres while he claimed his second silver Medal in F 40 – Discus Throw with a distance of 13.84 metres. Janani Wickramasinghe from Suradhutha BMV Kuliyapitiya came to the limelight in women’s athletics. She secured three Bronze medals in this year’s competition. She clinched her first Bronze in the Girls T47 200m with a time of 29.36 seconds. She won her second Bronze in the T47 – 100M with a time of 13.88m and third in T47 – Long Jump with a distance of 4.38 metres. Earlier Naveed Raheem, the captain of the Sri Lankan contingent, won Bronze in the S6-10 Men’s 400m Freestyle. National Paralympic Committee (NPC) President Lt Colonal Deepal Herath said this is a huge achievement from Sri Lankan youth and previous highest medal tally was five in 2013 Asian Youth Para Games. The youth athletes were from Colombo as well as outstations and they were inspired by two Paralympic athletes gold medalist Dinesh Priyantha Herath and bronze medalist Samitha Dulan and they made maximum effort to prove their skills. Sri Lankan team scheduled to return home tomorrow (8) and NPC and Sports Ministry will make arrangements to give a warm welcome for the medal winners at the Airport. 12-09-2021, 11:23 AM
https://sportspavilion.lk/en/331/breaking-news-sri-lanka-wins-gold-at-commonwealth-weightlifting-championships
BREAKING NEWS - Sri Lanka wins gold at Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Uzbekistan: Sri Lanka won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships today. Srimali Samarakoon of Sri Lanka won the gold medal in the women's 45 kg weight class at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan today. She has lifted 136 kg in this event. Srimali Samarakoon is currently a second year student in the Department of Sports Science and Management, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and is an alumnus of Mahamaya Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy. Srimali Samarakoon, who won a silver medal at the 2019 South Asian Games and a silver medal at the 2015 youth Commonwealth Games, finished 14th at the 2016 Youth World Championships. |
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