SRI LANKA WIN TWO SILVER AND TWO BRONZE MEDALS AT ASIAN GP-1ST LEG

Sri Lanka finished with two Silver and two bronze medals in the Asian Grand Prix first leg held at Jiangjin, China on Tuesday.

Gayanthika Abeyrathne took the lead after first round of 800m eyeing for that elusive gold medal but Nimali Liyanarachchi, as usual, came from behind to bring out customary sprint towards the end to the front but Kazakhstan’s Margarita Mukasheva came hard in the last stretch to win the Gold medal clocking 2:02.97 seconds leaving Nimali for the Silver medal .

Gayanthika satisfied with a silver medal for 2:3.17 seconds. Gayanthika finished third for the bronze medal with 2:03.59 seconds.

In the women’s 400m, Nadeesha Ramanayaka able to win a silver medal after hard-fought final stretch clocking 53.24 seconds. Guo Xilan of China won the gold medal with 52.63 seconds while Yan Tihang of Vietnam 53.29 seconds.

The other bronze medal was won by Olympian Javelin Thrower Sumedha Ranasinghe with a distance of 76.92m.

Results

Silver Medal

400 Women :-  Nadeesha Ramanayake-  53.24sec

800 Women:-  Nimali Liyanarachchi  2:03.17 sec

Bronze Medals

800M women :- Gayanthika Abeyratne 2:03.59 sec

Javelin Throw :-  Sumeda Ranasinghe 76.92M

400M Men :- Ajith Premakumara 46.69 seconds -4th

Triple Jump:- Greshan Dhananjaya – 16.02m -6th

800M:- Rusiru Chathuranga – 1:56.27 sec – 6th

Shot Put :- Tharika Fernando 14.28m – 5th

High Jump :- Dulanjali Ranasinghe – 1.70m – 7th