Sri Lanka sprinter Tharushi Karunaratne won gold medal in the Women’s 800m event at the 19th Asian Games with a sensational timing of 2:03.20 in Hangzhou, China a short while ago today (4).
Karunaratne, who also claimed gold medals at the recent Asian Athletics Championship and Asian Under-20 Athletics Championship, became the first to claim a gold medal for her country after 21 years in the event.
India’s Harmilan Bains clocked 2:03.75 to claim the silver medal, while China’s Chunyu Wang won the bronze medal with a timing of 2:03.90.
Sri Lanka’s second athlete in the event, Gayanthika Abeyratne was placed eighth with a timing of 2:05.87.
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been arrested by the CID in Batticaloa.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will today jointly launch the signalling system for the Maho - Anuradhapura railway line.
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