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By Reemus Fernando In a year marred by cancellations of multiple international events due to Covid 19 pandemic, sprinter Yupun Abeykoon’s 9.96 seconds dash in the 100 metres in Switzerland stood out as Sri Lanka’s most outstanding track and field performance of the year as South Asia witnessed its first sub ten seconds performer in […]
Commonwealth Games 2022 by Reemus Fernando Track and field is one of only four Olympic sports to have earned Sri Lanka medals of all colours in the history of the Commonwealth Games, though the sport has not achieved much success during the last two decades at the quadrennial event. But when the latest edition of […]
By Reemus Fernando Marathoner Hiruni Wijeratne and the manager named by Sri Lanka Athletics for the track and field team have been dropped from the Commonwealth Games contingent. Sri Lanka Athletics sources said that with the US-based marathoner being dropped from the team there will only be three female athletes representing the country. The […]
By Reemus Fernando National record holder of the men’s 100 metres Yupun Abeykoon produced a superb sprint performance to commence his season proper at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger meeting at Savona’s Fontanassa Sports Centre on Wednesday. In a race where Marcell Jacobs also made his first 100m appearance since his Tokyo Olympic […]
Ave Maria Convent, Negombo player Githmi Fernando won the Under 14 girls’ title of the ATF U14 Week I tournament continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association clay courts on Friday. She beat Ivanka Samarasinghe of USA in the final. In the boys’ final Om Verma of India beat Louis Knese of Germany 6-3, 6-4 […]