Tharushi Karunaratne established a new Asian Championships record on her way to win the gold medal in the women’s 800m at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships being held in Thailand.
She clocked 2:00.66secs erasing the previous record of 2:01.16 set by Zhang Jian (China) in 1998 at Fukuoka.
This is the first time since Susanthika Jayasinghe’s 200m record in 2002.
Meanwhile, Gayanthika Abeyratne clocked 2:03.25sec to win the bronze medal.
Also, another new Sri Lankan record was broken today.
Sri Lanka's women's 4*400 relay quartet won the silver medal by clocking 3:33.27secs.
Team: Nadeeha Ramanayaka
Sayuri Lakshima
Nishendra Fernando
Tharushi Karunarathna
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the proposed project to establish 484MW wind farms in Mannar and Pooneryn, Sri Lanka.
Fire fighters struggled to reach the 35th floor of the Krish building in Colombo Fort to control a fire that brokeout there. A spokesman for Fire Birgade said they faced an issue in controlling the fire due to the height.
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