Sri Lanka was disqualified in the final of the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Swimming event at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (6).
Competing in Lane 8, Sri Lanka however managed to clock 3:23.44 but were later disqualified due to a false start by one of the team members.
Earlier the Sri Lankan swimmers clocked 3:22.84 in the semi-finals to qualify for the final.
Australia won the gold medal of the event, clocking 3:12.96 followed by England (3:15.25) who won the silver medal and Scotland (3:15.86), who claimed the bronze medal.
Matthew Abeysinghe, Kyle Abeysinghe, Cherantha de Silva and Akalanka Peiris represented the Sri Lanka Men's relay team.
The timings of the swimmers were -- Matthew (49.53secs), Akalanka (52.19secs), Kyle (50.79secs) and Cherantha (DSQ).
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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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