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Indrajith in action today
By Namal Pathirage reporting from Athens
With the closing ceremony scheduled for today, the last event of the Olympic spectacle will be the men's marathon event in which Sri Lanka's Anuradha Indrajith Cooray will be seen in action. The event is scheduled for 9 p.m. (Sri Lanka time). Speaking of the chances of Indrajith at this event the Sri Lanka national coach Lakshman de Alwis said "Our motive here is not to win medals, but, the participation. However we are very confident that Indrajith will finish among the first fifteen. 113 athletes are billed to take part in this event.

This the very first occasion that Indrajith Cooray is taking part in an Olympic event. The best timing of the 26 year old so far is 2hrs 16mts and 38 seconds. Kenyan Paul Tergat who holds the world record at this event has his best time at 2 hrs 4mts and 55 seconds.

Coach de Alwis and Indrajith Cooray will leave Greece on the 31 of August. It was revealed during the games that both Susanthika Jayasinghe and Damayanthi Dharsha were given Rs. 100,000 each in the last twelve months of their prepaation for the Olympics but, Dharsha did not make any impact in the 400 metres event while Susanthika who qualified to run the 100 metres event pulled out just before the contingent left for the games.

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