Women’s middle distance runner Gayanthika Abeyratne established the most impressive Sri Lanka record out of the four records that were shattered at the National Athletic Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium last weekend. She clocked in at 4 minutes, 09.12 seconds to shatter the record that was set by Nimali Liyanarachchi in 2019. He returned a time of 13.97 seconds to shatter a 24-year-old record set by Mahesh Perera in 1997. The other Sri Lanka record was set by long jumper Sarangi Silva who shattered her own record clearing 6.48m jumping against a -0.9 headwind. In other events, Aruna Dharshana and Amasha de Silva won the 200m.

Source: Sunday Observer November 07, 2021 02:18 UTC