{"id":8804,"date":"2025-04-19T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:46:36","slug":"sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka won the silver medal in the women\u2019s medley relay event at the Asian under 18 Athletics Championships, make safe a new national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 4-day tournament, which was organised by the Asian Athletics Federation and detained in Qatif, Saudi Arabia,concluded yesterday (18), bringing together the continent\u2019s most promising young athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the tournament, Sri Lanka earned a total of 8 medals, placing 9th in the overall medal standings. These 8 medals consist of a gold medal, 3 silvers and 4 bronze medals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka won the silver medal in the women\u2019s medley relay event at the Asian under 18 Athletics Championships, make safe a new national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes. The 4-day tournament, which was organised by the Asian Athletics Federation and detained in Qatif, Saudi Arabia,concluded yesterday (18), bringing together the continent\u2019s most promising young&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,66,67],"tags":[1485,73,134],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletic","category-international-athletics","category-national-athletics","tag-asian-under-18-athletics-championships","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"si_LK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sri Lanka won the silver medal in the women\u2019s medley relay event at the Asian under 18 Athletics Championships, make safe a new national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes. The 4-day tournament, which was organised by the Asian Athletics Federation and detained in Qatif, Saudi Arabia,concluded yesterday (18), bringing together the continent\u2019s most promising young...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\"},\"headline\":\"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\"},\"wordCount\":93,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Asian under 18 Athletics Championships\",\"slsports\",\"sports news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Athletic\",\"International Athletics\",\"National Athletics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\",\"name\":\"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"description\":\"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"si\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"width\":666,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"SL Sports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\",\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Slsports Viraj\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/","og_locale":"si_LK","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports","og_description":"Sri Lanka won the silver medal in the women\u2019s medley relay event at the Asian under 18 Athletics Championships, make safe a new national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes. The 4-day tournament, which was organised by the Asian Athletics Federation and detained in Qatif, Saudi Arabia,concluded yesterday (18), bringing together the continent\u2019s most promising young...","og_url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/","og_site_name":"SL Sports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","article_published_time":"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Slsports Viraj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SlSports5","twitter_site":"@SlSports5","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Slsports Viraj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/"},"author":{"name":"Slsports Viraj","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5"},"headline":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships","datePublished":"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/"},"wordCount":93,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg","keywords":["Asian under 18 Athletics Championships","slsports","sports news"],"articleSection":["Athletic","International Athletics","National Athletics"],"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/","name":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships - SL Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-19T08:46:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-19T08:46:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/asa-2025-04-19.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/sri-lankan-athletes-shine-at-asian-u-18-athletics-championships\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sri Lankan athletes shine at Asian U-18 Athletics Championships"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","name":"SL Sports","description":"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SL Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"si"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization","name":"SL Sports","alternateName":"SL Sports","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","width":666,"height":591,"caption":"SL Sports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5","name":"Slsports Viraj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Slsports Viraj"},"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/"}]}},"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8806,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions\/8806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}