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
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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