Sooriyawewa athletes Nimali Liyanarachchi and Gayanthika Thushari Abeyratne won the gold and silver medals of the women’s 800 metres respectively, Rumeshika Ratnayake and men’s 4x400 metres relay team won a silver medal each on the final day as Sri Lanka bagged five medals at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship concluded in Bhubaneswar, India on Sunday.
In the women’s 800 metres, Liyanarachchi clocked 2:05.23 seconds to finish second behind Archana Adhav of India (2:05.00 secs) and Abeyratne returned a time of 2:05.27 seconds to finish third but Sri Lanka’s officials successfully protested against Adhav for cheating (blocking). Later she was disqualified and Liyanarachchi and Abeyratne were awarded gold and silver.
Share
