Sri Lankan athletes have secured medals in two ongoing international tournaments, the Asian Youth Games 2025 in Bahrain and the South Asian Athletics Championship 2025 in India.
At the Asian Youth Games 2025 in Bahrain, Sri Lanka has obtained a total of one gold medal and three bronze medals so far.
On Friday (24), Shanuka Costa of Gateway College, Colombo, clocked 47.72 seconds to secure the bronze medal in the boys’ 400 metres.
Chathura Dulanjana of Weera Parakrama Secondary School, Yatawatta (Matale), also earned a bronze medal in the javelin throw field event, with a best effort of 62.51 metres.
On the previous day (23), Sri Lanka secured its first-ever gold medal at the Asian Youth Games.
Competing in the boys’ 1500 metres final, Lahiru Achintha from St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura, clocked 3 minutes 57.42 seconds to win gold.
Nethmi Gimhani of St. Andrew’s College, Puttalam, claimed bronze in the 1500 metres girls’ final, finishing in 4 minutes 52.32 seconds, which was Sri Lanka’s first medal of the 2025 Games.
Meanwhile, in the South Asian Athletics Championship 2025 in India, Sri Lanka secured four gold medals on the opening day, and also set meet records.
Claiming gold in both the men’s and women’s 100m sprints events, Chamod Yodasinghe and Safiya Yamic also set new meet records in their respective races.
In the triple jump event, Pasindu Malshan and Madushani Herath both claimed gold medals in the men’s and women’s events, respectively, while Herath set a new meet record.
The results of the South Asian Athletics Championship 2025 in India are as follows;
- 100m Men Chamod Yodasinghe won the gold medal with a time of 11.30 seconds. Sandun Diyalawatta finished fourth, clocking 10.64 seconds.
- 100m Women Safiya Yamic clinched gold with a meet record of 11.53 seconds. Amasha de Silva secured silver with a time of 11.72 seconds.
- Triple Jump Men Pasindu Malshan won gold with a leap of 16.19 metres.
- Triple Jump Women Madushani Herath claimed gold with a meet record of 13.26 metres. Sashini Upeksha earned bronze with a jump of 12.79 metres.
- 5000m Men Viknaraj Vaksha secured silver with a time of 14:23.21.
- 5000m Women Rasana Wijesuriya placed fourth, finishing in 16:47.21.
- Shot Put Men Suseenthirakumar Mithun Raj won bronze with a throw of 14.68 metres.
- Shot Put Women Ovini Chandrasekara claimed bronze with a throw of 13.03 metres.
- 4x400m Mixed Relay Sri Lanka won silver with a time of 3:20.85. The team comprised Kalinga Kumarage, Nadeesha Ramanayaka, Kalhara Indupa, and Sayuri Mendis. (Newswire)