Island's Youth Athletic team that participated at Kuwait's Asian Youth Athletics Championship returned home with at least - five medals - on Tuesday, and were garlanded and greeted at the airport.
In an icing on the cake, the Lankan lads and lasses also renewed the best peformance at the championships, elevating it to five medals, the least.
Medal breakdown:
Nirmali Wickramasinghe - Wickramabahu National School, Gampola - Silver - girls’ 800m - 2.15.42
Salamuthu Jayathilaka - Thurstan College - Silver - Boys' 400m - 48.58s
Theminda Rajapaksa - Sir John Kothalawala College, Kurunegala - Bronze - Boys’ 400m - 48.70s
Deneth Anuhas - Bodagama M.V., Thanamalwila - Silver - Boys' high jump - 2.01m
Lesandu Arthavidu - D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo - Bronze - Boys' high jump - 1.97m
(Pics - Sports Ministry)
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The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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