SL team returns with One Gold, Three Silver and a bronze medal

Sri Lanka team who won one Gold , Three Silver and one bronze medal at the Thailand Open Athletics Championship 2017  returned to country earlier today .  There was two SL record set at the championship with Ajith Karunathilaka renewing his own SL record of Decathlon with 6919 points while Ayesha Maduwanthi twice renewed her own SL record in Hammer throw improving that mark to 48.08m .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kalinga Kumarage- 400m – Gold

Dhanuka Liyanapathirana -Long Jump-silver

Nilani Rathnayake -3000m St.Ch-Silver

Vidusha Lakshani -Triple Jump- Silver

Ajith Karunathilaka- Decathlon – Bronze (New SL record )

Ayesha Maduwanthi -Discus -5th , Hammer Throw-5th (New SL Record )

Madhawa Bandara Senarath was the Manager of touring party .

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