Sandun wins gold to increase Sri Lanka medal tally

Lyceum International Wattala athlete Sandun Kosala  won the gold medal of the boys 110 metres hurdles on Thursday to continue the good start given by his teammates at the South Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Chennai.

Kosala clocked 14.06 seconds to win gold while Vishwa Tharuka settled for bronze.

Meanwhile, Thevindu Sandil (long jump), Mayuni Gunathilaka (100m hurdles) and Savindya Jayamaha (discus throw) won bronze medals in their respective events on day two of the event on Thursday.

On Wednesday Merone Wijesinghe, Tharushi Abisheka and Savindu Avishka gave Sri Lanka a robust start to the championship as they won gold medals in their respective events.

Savindu Avishka produced a remarkable performance to beat hosts’ Vinod Kumar and Bopanna Kalappa to clinch gold in the 800 metres. He returned a time of 1:49.89 seconds to shock the hosts.

Wijesinghe clocked 10.41 seconds to win the boys 100 metres. Dineth Weeraratne won the silver with a time of 10.49 seconds.

Tharushi Abisheka returned a time of 2:10.17 seconds to win the girls 800 metres, while Sansala Himashani settled for bronze behind India’s Laxmi Priya Kisan.

Thimeshi Jayaratne (1.65m) and Nethra Samadi (1.65 m) bagged the silver and bronze medals in the girls’ high jump won by India’s Pooja (1.80m)

Jayavi Ranhinda threw a distance of 15.62 metres to win the bronze medal of the shot put.

Shanella Wijetunga (12.04 secs) won a bronze in the girls 100 metres. (RF)