Athletics
Malith Yasiru was adjudged Best Performer of the Meet

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
පටිය: 17 නව තරග වාර්තා පිහිටුවා ඇත
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 Lankan Athletes Set to Shine at World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing
Sri Lanka is set to make impact at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 in Nanjing, China, with a talented squad of 12 athletes competing across multiple disciplines. The competition, scheduled from March 21 to 23, will be a crucial platform for Sri Lankan athletes to gain international exposure and improve their world rankings.
Sri Lanka’s Participation in Nanjing
The Sri Lankan contingent includes top sprinters, hurdlers, and relay teams, with Kalinga Kumarage leading the squad as captain.
Men’s Events:
- Chamod Yodhasinghe – 60m
- Nadun K. Bandara – 60m Hurdles
- Kalinga Kumarage – 400m, 4×400m
- Randima Madushan – 4×400m
- Sadew Rajakaruna – 4×400m
- Omel S. Silva – 4×400m
- R.P. Isuru Lakshan – 4×400m
Women’s Events:
- Nadesha Ramanayake – 4×400m
- L. Sayuri Mendis – 4×400m
- Nishendra de Silva – 4×400m
- Jayeshi Uththara – 4×400m
- Jithma Wijethunga – 4×400m
Coach/Manager: Sanjeewa Weerakkody
Key Objectives for Sri Lanka
The main goal for Sri Lanka at the Nanjing 2025 Championships is to improve their ranking in the 4×400m relay and secure a spot at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. The men’s 4×400m team currently holds the 31st position in the “Road to Guangzhou” rankings, thanks to their gold medal-winning 3:04.48 finish at the Asian Relays 2024.
However, with other nations competing in upcoming events, Sri Lanka must maintain or improve their position within the top 32 to qualify for the World Relays in May.
Event Schedule for Sri Lankan Athletes
Sri Lankan sprinters and relay teams will compete across three days in Nanjing. Key events to watch include:
- 60m & 400m Heats (Day 1)
- 60m & 400m Semi-Finals (Day 2)
- 4×400m Relay Finals (Day 3)
With Olympian Aruna Dharshana unavailable, the 4×400m men’s relay team will look to Kalinga Kumarage, Randima Madushan, Sadew Rajakaruna, and Omel S. Silva to lead the charge.
A Chance to Make History
The Sri Lankan squad will aim to not only qualify for the World Relays but also set new national records. Their performance in Nanjing will be a stepping stone toward the 2025 World Championships and future global events.
Stay tuned for updates as Sri Lanka competes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025!
Athletics
Sri Lanka to Host India, Philippines, and Maldives for Relay Championships in April
Sri Lanka is set to host India, the Philippines, and the Maldives in the upcoming Relay Championships, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletics Association. This event aims to provide the Sri Lankan men’s 4×400m relay team with an opportunity to maintain their qualification ranking for the World Relays in Guangzhou, China, this May.
Currently ranked 31st in the “Road to Guangzhou” standings, the Sri Lankan relay team secured their position with a gold medal finish at the Asian Relays last year, clocking 3:04.48. However, with multiple international events on the horizon, Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) is taking proactive steps to ensure the team remains within the top 32 required for qualification.
The absence of Olympian Aruna Dharshana, the nation’s fastest 400m runner, at the World Indoor Championships in China will be a challenge. Dharshana is currently training and competing in Australia, aiming to qualify for the World Championships in the individual 400m event, which has a direct qualifying standard of 44.85 seconds.
For the upcoming relay event in April, Sri Lanka Athletics has selected Aruna Dharshana, Kalinga Kumarage, S.B.R. Madushan, and Sadew Rajakaruna to represent the country.
(Source: Island.lk)
Athletics
Three Sri Lankan Athletes Qualify for World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025
Colombo: In a historic achievement for Sri Lankan athletics, three national athletes have officially qualified for the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025, set to take place from May 21 to 23 in Nanjing, China. This marks Sri Lanka’s largest representation at the prestigious event in over two decades.
Sri Lankan Athletes Heading to Nanjing 2025
The three Sri Lankan athletes who secured their spots based on performances and world rankings are:
- Chamod Yodasinghe – 60m Sprint
- Kalinga Kumarage – 400m
- Kaveesha Bandara – 60m Hurdles
Their qualification comes after impressive performances at the inaugural National Short Course Championship, highlighting Sri Lanka’s growing potential in indoor athletics.
A Historic Moment for Sri Lanka
The last time Sri Lanka sent a team to the World Athletics Indoor Championships was in 2001 (Lisbon), where four athletes represented the nation. This latest qualification marks the largest contingent in over 20 years, showcasing significant progress despite limited indoor competition opportunities in Sri Lanka.
With preparations underway, these athletes will aim to make an impact on the global stage and elevate Sri Lanka’s presence in international athletics.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka’s journey to Nanjing 2025!
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