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The 57th Army Athletics Championships concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Friday. The five-day event witnessed several record breaking performances by leading national athletes. Here are some action pictures from day five of the championships. (Pix by Kamal Wanniarachchi) ....
By Rex Clementine Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne has hit a purple patch this year and the 147 he scored against West Indies in the first Test in Galle this week was his fourth hundred in 2021. The 33-year-old came up with an equally solid 83 in the second essay as Sri Lanka won […] ....
57th Army Athletics Championships by Reemus Fernando Sprinter Amasha de Silva smashed Olympian Susanthika Jayasinghe’s longstanding Army Athletics Championship 100 metres record and Roshan Dhammika Ranatunga came almost close to breaking his national record in the 110 metres hurdles as they blazed the track on the final day of the Army Athletics Championships […] ....
99th National Athletics Championships by Reemus Fernando Veteran distance runner Gayanthika Abeyratne became the first Sri Lankan female athlete to break the 16 minutes barer in the 5,000 metres, Sarangi Silva continued her record breaking spree in the long jump, while Roshan Dhammika shattered Mahesh Perera’s long standing hurdles record in a remarkable […] ....
by Reemus Fernando Former Ratnayake Central, Walala athlete Dilshi Kumarasinghe proved beyond doubt that she has come of age to take on the mantle of her senior counterparts when she edged out the reigning champion and national record holder in winning the women’s 800 metres title on day two of the 98th National Athletics Championship in Colombo on Sunday. On a day which witnessed several other reigning champions being ousted, Kumarasinghe came almost close to lowering the national record held by Gayanthika Abeyratne as she stopped the clock at 2:02.80 seconds, just 25 milliseconds shy of the 2017 record. . The Sri Lanka Army athlete, who was earmarked by her coach Susantha Fernando as an Olympic prospect even before she had first tasted regional international success, beat the formidable duo in the last two hundred metres. ....