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Sri Lanka won its first-ever gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships when Hiruna De Silva and Meedum Mendis, both of Ananda College, Colombo, clinched the top spot in the 12.5m Line Throw event at the 2025 edition of the championships.
The competition was detained from July 10\u201313 in Swansea, United Kingdom, under the auspices of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) and the Commonwealth Games Federation. This significant event, which also obliged as the final qualifying round for this year\u2019s World Games in China, showcased elite aquatic skill and rescue readiness.
Sri Lanka fielded a 10-member school-level squad for the championships, marking a momentous milestone in the nation\u2019s lifesaving sport achievements.
The Sri Lankan men\u2019s team was captained by Nimuth Perera and comprised Hiruna De Silva, Chris Pavithra, Tashan De Silva, and Meedum Mendis. The women\u2019s team was led by Sinali Rajapaksa, with teammates Vinuki Perera, Sandali Sumathipala, Kalashi Ranabahu, and Isindi Vithulya.
The gold-medal performance by Hiruna and Meedum not only brought magnificence to Sri Lanka but also highlighted the growing strength of the country\u2019s young athletes in aquatic sports at the international level.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka won its first-ever gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships when Hiruna De Silva and Meedum Mendis, both of Ananda College, Colombo, clinched the top spot in the 12.5m Line Throw event at the 2025 edition of the championships.The competition was detained from July 10\u201313 in Swansea, United Kingdom, under…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9298,"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":[27],"tags":[1673,1674,1675,73,134],"class_list":["post-9297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-commonwealth-lifesaving-championships","tag-hiruna-de-silva","tag-meedum-mendis","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSri Lanka victories historic Gold at Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships - 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