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Malith Yasiru was adjudged Best Performer of the Meet

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May 11, 2023

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63rd Junior National Athletics Championship 2023

17 New meet records established

Malith Yasiru of Kahawatta Central College walked away with the Best Performer of the Meet after his brilliant performance at the 63rd Junior National Athletics Championship 2023 concluded at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium yesterday.

Malith established a new meet record in the under-20 triple jump event leaping a distance of 15.89m to erase L.P.S. Dhananjaya’s record of 15.78m set way back in 2016. He was also awarded the Best Athlete in the Under-20 category.

Apart from Malith’s record, a total of 16 new meet records were established after three days of action in Diyagama.

Sri Lanka Athletics successfully conducted this National Athletic Junior Championship while Ananda Kulasinghe Additional Secretary of Sports Ministry was the Chief Guest. Vice President G. L. S Perera who was the Technical Committee Head with Chandana Ekanayake, and Lal Chandrakumara two senior VPs, and Treasurer Shantha de Silva graced the presentation ceremony.

New Meet Records:

Men

200m U-23 21.65 sec – IKB Abeywardane, Sri Lanka Army

400m U-23 47.06 sec – HDR Madushan, Sri Lanka Army

400m Hurdles U 23 – 51.24 sec – KMD Darshana, Sri Lak Athletics Club

Discus Throw U-23 – 43.61m – Suseenthi Kumar, Mithunraj Hartley College, Jaffna

100M U-20 -10.77 secs – UA Sumila Themiya Kumara. Pannala MV Kegalle

Triple Jump U-20 – 15.89m – KV Malith Yasiru, Kahawatta Central College

400m Hurdles U-18 – 52.66 sec – KLA Akalanka Ambagamuwa Central College

Pole Vault U-18 – 4.50m – Thushen Silva, Maris Stella Negombo

Hammer Throw U-18 – 35.19m – A. Vimalathas Nitharshan, Hartley College – Jaffna

300m Hurdles U-16 – 40.31 sec – UMA Sandeepa, Ambagamuwa CC

High Jump U-16 – 1.94m – Tharusha Mendis, Lyceum Wattala

Women

100m Hurdles U-23 – 14.51 sec – SBSL Dissanayaka, Swarnamali Girls’ Kandy

Hammer Throw U-23 – 40.00m – MG Nithinsa Mandani, Yatiyana MV Matara

100m Hurdles U-20 – 14.45 sec – SD Kahangama, Mahamaya Girls’ Kandy

Hammer Throw U-18 – 36.79m – MA Yuthara Linduli Jayaweera, Anula Nugegoda

100m U-16 Girls – 12.58 sec – Dananjana Fernando, Lyceum Wattala

300m Hurdles U-16 – 46.44 sec – HMNS Senevirathna Mahamaya Girls’ Kandy

තරගාවලියේ දක්ෂතම ක්‍රීඩකයා ලෙස මලිත් යසිරු සම්මාන ලැබීය

63 වැනි කනිෂ්ඨ ජාතික මලල ක්‍රීඩා ශූරතාවලිය 2023

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කහවත්ත මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලයේ මලිත් යසිරු ඊයේ දියගම මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී අවසන් වූ 2023 63 වැනි කනිෂ්ඨ ජාතික මලල ක්‍රීඩා ශූරතාවලියේදී දැක්වූ දස්කම් දැක්වීමෙන් අනතුරුව තරගාවලියේ දක්ෂතම ක්‍රීඩකයා සමඟින් පිටව ගියේය.

මලිත් වයස අවුරුදු 20න් පහළ තුන්පිම්ම ඉසව්වෙන් මීටර් 15.89ක දුරක් පැන එල්.පී.එස්. ධනංජයගේ මීටර් 15.78 වාර්තාව 2016 දී පිහිටුවන ලදී. ඔහු වයස අවුරුදු 20 න් පහළ කාණ්ඩයේ දක්ෂතම ක්‍රීඩකයා ලෙස ද සම්මාන ලැබීය.

මලිත්ගේ වාර්තාවට අමතරව දියගමදී දින තුනක ක්‍රියාදාමයෙන් පසු නව තරග වාර්තා 16ක් ස්ථාපිත විය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මලල ක්‍රීඩා කණ්ඩායම මෙම ජාතික මලල ක්‍රීඩා කනිෂ්ඨ ශූරතාවලිය සාර්ථකව පැවැත් වූ අතර ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිත අමුත්තා ලෙස ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේ අතිරේක ලේකම් ආනන්ද කුලසිංහ මහතා සහභාගි විය. චන්දන ඒකනායක සමග තාක්ෂණික කමිටු ප්‍රධානියා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ උප සභාපති ජී.එල්.එස් පෙරේරා, ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ උප සභාපතිවරුන් දෙදෙනෙකු වන ලාල් චන්ද්‍රකුමාර සහ භාණ්ඩාගාරික ශාන්ත ද සිල්වා යන මහත්වරු ප්‍රදානය කිරීමේ උත්සවයට සහභාගි වූහ.

නව Meet වාර්තා:

මිනිසුන්

මීටර් 200 U-23 තත් 21.65 – IKB අබේවර්ධන, ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාව

මීටර් 400 U-23 තත් 47.06 – HDR මධුෂාන්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාව

මීටර් 400 බාධක දිවීමේ වයස අවුරුදු 23 – තත්ත්පර 51.24 – කේ.එම්.ඩී දර්ශන, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මලල ක්‍රීඩා සමාජය

වයස අවුරුදු 23න් පහළ කවපෙත්ත විසිකිරීම – මීටර් 43.61 – සුසෙන්ති කුමාර්, මිතුන්රාජ් හාට්ලි විද්‍යාලය, යාපනය

මීටර් 100 න් පහළ 20-තත්පර 10.77 – යූ ඒ සුමිල තේමිය කුමාර. කෑගල්ල පන්නල ම.වි

අවුරුදු 20න් පහළ තුන්පිම්ම – මීටර් 15.89 – කේ.වී.මලිත් යසිරු, කහවත්ත මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය

වයස අවුරුදු 18න් පහළ මීටර් 400 කඩුලු පැනීම – තත්ත්පර 52.66 – කේඑල්ඒ අකලංක අඹගමුව මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය

18න් පහළ රිටි පැනීම – මීටර් 4.50 – තුෂේන් සිල්වා, මාරිස් ස්ටෙලා මීගමුව

18න් පහළ මිටිය විසිකිරීම – මීටර් 35.19 – ඒ.විමලතාස් නිතාර්ෂන්, හාට්ලි විද්‍යාලය – යාපනය

වයස අවුරුදු 16න් පහළ මීටර් 300 කඩුලු පැනීම – තත්ත්පර 40.31 – යූඑම්ඒ සංදීප, අඹගමුව සී.සී.

වයස අවුරුදු 16න් පහළ උස පැනීම – මීටර් 1.94 – තරුෂ මෙන්ඩිස්, වත්තල ලයිසියම්

කාන්තා

23න් පහළ මීටර් 100 කඩුලු පැනීම – තත්ත්පර 14.51 – SBSL දිසානායක, ස්වර්ණමාලි බාලිකා මහනුවර

23න් පහළ මිටිය විසිකිරීම – මීටර් 40.00 – එම්.ජී.නිතිංසා මන්දානි, යටියන ම.වි.

වයස අවුරුදු 20න් පහළ මීටර් 100 කඩුලු පැනීම – තත්ත්පර 14.45 – එස්ඩී කහංගම, මහාමායා බාලිකා මහනුවර

18න් පහළ මිටිය විසිකිරීම – මීටර් 36.79 – එම්.ඒ.යුතාරා ලිඳුලි ජයවීර, අනුලා නුගේගොඩ

වයස අවුරුදු 16න් පහළ මීටර් 100 බාලිකා – තත්පර 12.58 – ධනංජන ප්‍රනාන්දු, වත්තල ලයිසියම්

වයස අවුරුදු 16න් පහළ මීටර් 300 කඩුලු පැනීම – තත්ත්පර 46.44 – එච්එම්එන්එස් සෙනෙවිරත්න මහාමායා බාලිකා මහනුවර

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மலித் 20 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட டிரிபிள் ஜம்ப் போட்டியில் 15.89 மீ தூரம் பாய்ந்து எல்.பி.எஸ்.ஸை அழிக்க புதிய சாதனை படைத்தார். தனஞ்சயவின் சாதனை 15.78 மீ 2016 இல் அமைக்கப்பட்டது. மேலும் அவர் 20 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட பிரிவில் சிறந்த விளையாட்டு வீரருக்கான விருதையும் பெற்றார்.

மலித்தின் சாதனையைத் தவிர, தியகமவில் மூன்று நாட்கள் நடவடிக்கைக்குப் பிறகு மொத்தம் 16 புதிய சந்திப்பு பதிவுகள் நிறுவப்பட்டன.

விளையாட்டு அமைச்சின் மேலதிக செயலாளர் ஆனந்த குலசிங்க பிரதம அதிதியாகக் கலந்துகொண்ட போது, இலங்கை தடகள விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் இந்த தேசிய தடகள கனிஷ்ட சம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டியை வெற்றிகரமாக நடத்தியது. சந்தன ஏக்கநாயக்கவுடன் தொழில்நுட்பக் குழுவின் தலைவராக இருந்த உப தலைவர் ஜி.எல்.எஸ் பெரேரா மற்றும் இரண்டு சிரேஷ்ட துணைவேந்தர்களான லால் சந்திரகுமார மற்றும் பொருளாளர் சாந்த டி சில்வா ஆகியோர் பரிசளிப்பு விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.

புதிய Meet பதிவுகள்:

ஆண்கள்

200m U-23 21.65 நொடி – IKB அபேவர்தன, இலங்கை இராணுவம்

400m U-23 47.06 நொடி – HDR மதுஷன், இலங்கை இராணுவம்

400 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் U 23 – 51.24 நொடி – KMD தர்ஷனா, ஸ்ரீ லக் தடகளக் கழகம்

வட்டு எறிதல் வயது 23 – 43.61 மீ – சுசீந்தி குமார், மிதுன்ராஜ் ஹார்ட்லி கல்லூரி, யாழ்ப்பாணம்

100M U-20 -10.77 நொடிகள் – UA சுமிலா தெமிய குமார. பன்னல எம்.வி கேகாலை

டிரிபிள் ஜம்ப் யு-20 – 15.89 மீ – கே.வி.மலித் யசிரு, கஹவத்தை மத்திய கல்லூரி

18 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட 400 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் – 52.66 நொடி – KLA அகலங்க அம்பகமுவ மத்திய கல்லூரி

18 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட போல்ட் வால்ட் – 4.50 மீ – துஷேன் சில்வா, மாரிஸ் ஸ்டெல்லா நீர்கொழும்பு

18 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட சுத்தியல் எறிதல் – 35.19 மீ – ஏ. விமலதாஸ் நிதர்ஷன், ஹார்ட்லி கல்லூரி – யாழ்ப்பாணம்

300 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் U-16 – 40.31 நொடி – UMA சந்தீபா, அம்பகமுவ CC

உயரம் தாண்டுதல் U-16 – 1.94 மீ – தருஷா மெண்டிஸ், லைசியம் வத்தளை

பெண்கள்

100 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் U-23 – 14.51 நொடி – SBSL திஸாநாயக்க, ஸ்வர்ணமாலி பெண்கள் கண்டி

சுத்தியல் எறிதல் யு-23 – 40.00 மீ – எம்.ஜி.நிதின்சா மந்தானி, யட்டியான எம்.வி.

100 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் U-20 – 14.45 நொடி – எஸ்டி கஹங்கம, மஹாமாயா பெண்கள் கண்டி

18 வயதுக்குட்பட்டோருக்கான சுத்தியல் எறிதல் – 36.79 மீற்றர் – எம்.ஏ. யுத்த லிந்துலி ஜயவீர, அனுலா நுகேகொட

16 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட 100 மீற்றர் பெண்கள் – 12.58 நொடி – தனஞ்சனா பெர்னாண்டோ, லைசியம் வத்தளை

300 மீ தடை ஓட்டம் U-16 – 46.44 நொடி – HMNS செனவிரத்ன மஹாமாயா பெண்கள் கண்டி

Athletics

Sri Lanka Shines at Thailand Open 2025 with 11-Medal Haul

Published

3 days ago

June 26, 2025

Editor

The Sri Lankan athletics team wrapped up a remarkable campaign at the Thailand Open Athletics Championship 2025, securing an impressive 11 medals, including 6 golds, during the competition held from June 21 to 25 in Bangkok.

The Sri Lankan squad, made up of eight athletes—four men and four women—delivered standout performances across track and field events, making the nation proud on the international stage.

Leading the charge was Rusiru Chathuranga, who clinched double gold in the Men’s 800m and 1500m events. Vicknaraj Vakshan added to the tally with a gold in the 5000m and a silver in the 1500m, while W.K.L.A. Nimali matched that feat by claiming gold in the Women’s 800m and silver in the 1500m.

Madushani Herath showed her dominance in the field events, capturing gold in both the long jump and triple jump. Ayomal Akalanka earned silver in the Men’s 400m hurdles, and Wathsala Hapuarachchi took silver in the Women’s 100m hurdles. Safreen Ahmed contributed a bronze medal in the Men’s triple jump.

While seven out of eight athletes reached the podium, Amasha de Silva narrowly missed out, finishing fourth in the Women’s 100m final, showcasing a commendable performance.

The full team is expected to return to Sri Lanka today after a tour that highlights the depth of talent in local athletics and signals strong potential ahead of upcoming regional events

Athletics

Ritzbury Celebrates Sri Lanka’s Rising Track Stars and Coaches for Historic Medal Haul at Asian Youth Athletics Championship 2025

Published

1 month ago

May 15, 2025

Editor

Ritzbury, one of Sri Lanka’s leading supporters of youth athletics, proudly honoured five exceptional athletes and their coaches for their remarkable performances at the 6th Asian Youth Athletics Championship 2025, held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The felicitation ceremony was held on May 2nd at Cinnamon Life, Colombo, under the banner of Ritzbury’s signature initiative, Mawbimata Weerayek (A Hero to the Nation).

Out of the eight Sri Lankan medalists at the continental event, five belong to the Mawbimata Weerayek program, showcasing the success of Ritzbury’s long-term investment in grassroots athletic development. These young athletes, who carried the nation’s hopes with pride, were not only felicitated with awards but also received financial support to further their sporting journeys.

Among the honourees was M.G.T. Abhisheka Premasiri, who brought home Sri Lanka’s only Gold medal in the Girls’ 800m and added a Silver in the medley relay. Dananjana Sewmini Fernando shone with two Silvers—one in the 100m sprint and another in the medley relay. Meanwhile, H.D. Shavindu Avishka (800m), G.D. Lahiru Achintha (1500m), and J.H.P. Nethya Sampath (High Jump) earned Bronze medals, contributing to Sri Lanka’s highest-ever medal tally at the championship.

Recognising the vital role of coaching, Ritzbury also paid tribute to the five national coaches behind this success: Buddhika Nuwan, Anuradha Nanayakkara, R.H.M. Jude Chinthaka, K.H.A.D.S.I. Kularathna, and Suranjith Senarath. Their guidance, discipline, and preparation were applauded as critical to transforming potential into podium finishes.

Speaking at the event, Kamal Geeganage (CEO) and Niluksha Bastiansz (General Manager – Marketing, CBL Foods International) expressed their pride and reaffirmed Ritzbury’s long-standing commitment to national athletics. They highlighted that the Mawbimata Weerayek program, launched in 2019, now supports 65 young talents across Sri Lanka with financial aid and mentorship, aiming to elevate Sri Lankan athletics on both national and international stages.

With their eyes now set on bigger global competitions, these young athletes symbolize a bright future for Sri Lankan athletics. Initiatives like Mawbimata Weerayek not only bring recognition but also lay the foundation for long-term sporting excellence.

Athletics

Administrative Negligence Costs Two Promising Sri Lankan Athletes at Asian Youth Athletics Championships

Published

2 months ago

April 22, 2025

Editor

Sri Lanka’s proud medal tally at the 2025 Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Saudi Arabia has been marred by a shocking administrative blunder that led to the disqualification of two promising young athletes — Niduki Prarthana and Ayesha Sewwandi — from the women’s U-18 1500m event.

Despite preparing extensively and showing medal-winning potential, the duo missed their event due to a miscommunication by Sri Lankan athletics officials accompanying the team. According to the athletes, they were wrongly informed that the call time was 6:20 p.m., when in fact it had been scheduled for 6:10 p.m. By the time they arrived at the call room, they were told they could not participate.

This was our first international tour. We were aiming for medals. But due to someone else’s mistake, we lost our chance. We felt like giving up the sport altogether

said Niduki and Ayesha, speaking upon their return to Sri Lanka.

Their emotional reaction highlights the deep disappointment felt not only by the athletes but also by fans and supporters who expected better professionalism from the officials representing the country on the international stage.

This incident raises serious concerns about the preparedness, accountability, and competence of those responsible for athlete coordination at international events. The failure to ensure accurate communication and timely reporting reflects a lack of basic administrative responsibility — one that has directly affected the morale and future of two young talents.

Yet, in spite of this setback, Sri Lanka’s athletes managed to deliver a historic performance, securing 1 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals — the highest-ever medal haul for the country in the championship’s history.

Special recognition goes to Tharushi Abhisheka, who claimed gold in the girls’ 800m, and later anchored the medley relay team to a silver medal. Alongside her were outstanding performances by Dilki Nehara, Dhananjana Fernando, Sansala Himashini, Savindu Awishka, Pavan Nethya Sampath, Janith Lakshan Jenkins, and Lahiru Achintha.

While the young athletes showcased resilience, passion, and potential, their efforts must not be overshadowed by administrative carelessness. It is imperative that the Ministry of Sports and relevant authorities conduct an immediate inquiry into the incident and implement measures to ensure such negligence does not repeat.

Sri Lanka’s future in athletics looks bright — but only if our officials rise to the standard set by our athletes.