FIVE SL Youth athletes in action on the opening day

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Weather in Hong Kong was completely different to what they were used to in Colombo: There was rain and cold winds breezing through but that did not stop the Sri Lanka youth team from training as they did their final session prior to the Asian Youth Athletics Championship in Hong Kong which starts on Friday(15th)  .

Out of 13 athletes, five will be in action during the opening day as the revised schedule will have the first round of the 100m and 400m on day one.

Gateway sprinter Sadeepa Henderson will be the first to be in action out of the SL athletes when she competes in the 100M round one at 9.10am SL time. The sprinter from St. Mary’s College Chilaw, Shemal Milinda Perera will be in action 30 minutes later in the boys 100m round one.

The Afternoon session will consist of the 400m where quarter-miler from the Janadhipathi BV Nawala, Kavindi Edirisinghe will compete in round one at 12. 05pm. The boys 400m round one, will see two Sri Lankan athletes competing with Isuru Abeywardhana of Ananda Shashthralaya Mathugama and Navishka Sandeep of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa will be in action at 12.30pm SL time.

Sri Lankan team of 13 athletes will compete in a total of 18 events during the three day championship which will end on 16 Sunday. Sadeepa Henderson and Milinda Perera will carry a heavy workload with each of them having to compete in three events, the 100m, 200m and medley relay while thrower Rumesh Tharanga will compete in both the Javelin and Discuss Throws. Sri Lanka won four medals in the first Asian Youth Athletics Championship in 2015 with one gold and three silver medals. In its 2nd edition of 2017 the island nation could only win two medals, one silver and a bronze medal.

Schedule (SL time)