National Athletics Archives - Page 3 of 6

September 5, 2024
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Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sachithra Harshani honoured in Sweden

Sachithra Harshani Jayakantha earned a silver medal for Sri Lanka at the recently concluded World Masters Athletics Championships held in Sweden. Sachithra settled this achievement at the long jump...

September 3, 2024
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Athletic, National Athletics

ICA International Half-Marathon 2024

The Indian Cultural Association (ICA) successfully finished its inaugural International Half-Marathon, which took place on Sunday (1). Sponsored by Continental Sri Lanka, the event saw 732 athletes from 20...

September 3, 2024
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Paralympian Nuwan Indika finishes up fifth

Sri Lankan para sprinter Nuwan Indika ran a season’s best to finish fifth at the men’s 100M T-44 category in the Paris Paralympics yesterday morning. Nuwan Indika ended with...

September 3, 2024
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Paris Olympians privileged by SL Olympians Association

Sri Lankan athletes who represented the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aruna Darshana, Kyle Abeysinghe, Dilhani Lekamge, Ganga Seneviratne and Viren Netthasinghe were welcomed and presented with the OLY honorary letter...

September 3, 2024
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Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan victories silver at Paris Paralympics

Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku won Silver in the Men’s Javelin Throw (F64) event of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. With a personal best distance of 67.03 meters, Dulan...

September 2, 2024
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Sri Lanka’s medal hope Samitha Dulan competes today

Sri Lankan medal hope of the Paris Paralympics Samitha Dulan will contest in Javelin Throw of F- 44 category today at 10.30pm (Sri Lanka time). The skipper of the...

September 1, 2024
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Suresh Dharmasena in big victory

Suresh Dharmasena gained his first game in the Wheelchair Tennis Men’s Singles First Round at Roland-Garros, Court 9. Dharmasena tired Austria’s Josef Riegler. The first set ended 6-1 and...

August 30, 2024
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Ayomal expected to touch his best in the semi-final

Commonwealth Youth Games medallist Ayomal Akalanka is known for keeping his best performance for the last. It is what could be likely when he competes in the semi-final of...

August 29, 2024
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Athletic, National Athletics

SLAVF Inter-Regiment Athletics Championship Concludes

The Inter-Regiment Athletics Championship of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) commenced on 26 August 2024 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama and successfully concluded on 28...

August 21, 2024
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Former Sri Lak athletic star passed away

Former veteran Sri Lankan athlete Priyantha Perera (70) passed away after a transitory illness in Hanguranketha yesterday. The late Perera was an outstanding athlete in the 1970s where...