SportRashmin Tirimanne de Silva became the first to represent Sri Lanka at the Pondicherry Equestrian Challenge 2018 held at the Red Earth Riding School from January 25-28, and win. Rashmin also claimed fourth and fifth positions in the 75cm Table 'A' Open Class, on 'Caveman' and 'Cassina Nagra' respectively. Prior to this event, Rashmin made a perfect warm-up at the Setalvad Equestrian Challenge 2018 held on January19, at the same venue. He had a clear round on 'Cassina Nagra' in the 80-90cm category, as Rashmin completed his international competition list with four appearances at Pondicherry. "I trained at the Embassy International Riding School for a month from January 5, under coach Zeeshan Malik.

Source: Sunday Times February 03, 2018 20:26 UTC