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.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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