Janka leaps to Asian Games podium range -8.10m

Hopes for a athletics medal after 12 years in Asian Games went sky high after long jumper Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri leaped 8.10m , a distance which is in the podium range in any of the previous Asian Games . his performance also just 4cm shorter than current games record which is 8.14m .

He did this in his first attempt of the competition at the National trials held at Sugathadasa stadium on Saturday 12th which is also his only competition since commonwealth Games.

The Sri Lankan qualification standard for the games was 7.95m. Wimalasiri’s previous personal best was 7.92m and had leapt 8.13m with the wind last year at the National Sports festival at Matara which isn’t valid as his personal best due to plus wind which was more than 2.0 m/s.

Wimalasiri had represented Sri Lanka in the previous Asian Games and was a finalist while he now trains under Cuban coach Luis Miranda.

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Past performance of the Asian Games 

2014

Long jump details

Li Jinzhe  China

8.01

Kim Deok-hyeon  South Korea

7.90

Gao Xinglong  China

7.86

2010

Long jump details

Kim Deok-hyeon  South Korea

8.11

Su Xiongfeng  China

8.05

Hussein Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia

7.96

2006

Long jump details

Hussein Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia

8.02

Saleh Al-Haddad  Kuwait

7.88

Ahmed Faiz  Saudi Arabia

7.85

2002

Long jump details

Hussein Al-Sabee  Saudi Arabia

8.14 GR

Li Dalong  China

7.99

Al-Waleed Abdulla  Qatar

7.80

1998

Long jump details

Masaki Morinaga  Japan

8.10

Liu Hongning  China

8.05

Abdulrahman Al-Nubi  Qatar

7.99

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