Gunwardena--the mastermind country's athletics transformation in the late 90's where Sri Lanka produce number of top class athletes in Susanthika Jayasinghe, Damayanthi Darsha, Sugath Thilakeratne and Sriyani Kulawansa says all what Sri Lanka now need is a proper four-year plan to produce champion athletes. With the ideas and national policy he introduced, Sri Lanka excelled, winning Asian Games Gold medals regularly in sprint events with records. He said all national level athletes with potentials to win medals at the international stage should work on a proper plan with the national level coaches. All those made Sri Lanka a strong contender in athletics at the world stage," recalled Gunawardena, who is willing to take Sri Lanka back to the top of the world someday soon. "My name was proposed to the vacant position by the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka last year.

Source: Sunday Times October 12, 2019 18:45 UTC