South Asian Gold Medallist Sarangi Silva came into the limelight when she set a new Sri Lanka long jump record with a leap of 6.44m at the International Athletics Championship in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday.She was able to erase the previous record of 6.33m, which was set by N. C. D. Priyadharshani at the 2015 National Championship in Colombo.According to National Coach Y. K. Kularatne, this achievement by Sarangi is very important at this.