Yupun Abeykoon records 10.09secs in Men’s 100m
Yupun Abeykoon clocked 10.09seconds in the Men’s 100m final at the Anhalt 2021 athletic meet, held in Dessau, Germany on Friday. The Italy-based Sri Lankan is the current Sri Lanka record holder of the Men’s 100m event when he achieved 10.15seconds at the Meeting di Savona held in Italy on May 13, a week prior to his achievement in Germany.
He surpassed the previous best of 10.22 held by fellow compatriot Himasha Eashan.
On September 8, 2020, he shattered the South Asian record as well as national record held by Eashan in the Men’s 100m event with a timing of 10.16 seconds at the same event held in Dessau, Germany.
But this record is yet to be ratified by the world or Sri Lankan athletic officials. His timing of 10.09seconds in Germany on Friday falls under the same category and is pending ratification. According to a Sri Lankan official the sprint is said to to have wind assistance of +2.2ms, which makes it a reason not to be considered as a new Sri Lanka record.
He competed at the 2015 Military World Games representing Sri Lanka and took bronze medal in men’s 4x100m relay event.
In January 2021, Abeykoon renewed his own personal and national Sri Lanka 60m indoor record with a timing of 6.59seconds at the Italian Indoor Championship. His previous indoor record timing was 6.78seconds which he achieved in 2017.