Sri Lankan athletes Tharushi Karunarathna and Kalinga Hewa Kumarage have secured top spots in the 2024 Reunión Internacional Villa de Bilbao – World Athletics Continental Tour underway in Spain.

Participating in the 600M sprint event for women, Asian Games medallist Tharushi Karunarathna emerged second clocking a timing of 1:24.84.

With her performance, Tharushi Karunarathna set a new Asian record and erased the continental record of 600 metres held by Ayano Shiomi of Japan.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Kalinga Hewa Kumarage was placed third in the men’s 400-metre event with a timing of 45.91.

The performances of both Sri Lankan athletes will boost their Olympic aspirations. (Newswire)

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