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
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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