Athletic Archives - Page 3 of 10

September 20, 2024
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, School Athletics

Dilni, Shashintha presented best athlete titles as Maris Stella, Lyceum share championships

Fourteen-year-old Dilni Nehara Rajapaksha’s outstanding long jump feat towered above the performances of seniors to be granted with the best athlete title of the Athletics Championship of the Western...

September 14, 2024
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

13th Defence Services Games starts

The opening ceremony of the 13th Defence Services Games took place 12th september at the Sri Lanka Army Indoor Stadium, under the support of Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage RWP...

September 14, 2024
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

National School Games 2024 postponed

The start of the 2024 National School Games (NSG) has been postponed by 10 days, the Ministry of Education revealed yesterday. The NSG was previously scheduled to start on September...

September 12, 2024
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Paralympic Silver Medalist Samitha Dulan Honoured by His Regiment

Warrant Officer II Samitha Dulan, who recently set a new world record and won a silver medal in the F44 javelin throw event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games,...

September 10, 2024
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, School Athletics

Sri Lankan Junior athletes for South Asian Meet

High Jumper Lesadu Arthavindu will lead the Sri Lanka team for the South Asian Junior Athletics Championship which will be held in Chennai, India from September 11-13. Sri Lankan...

September 5, 2024
Slsports Viraj
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
Slsports Viraj
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
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

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
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

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
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

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...