Injury rules Manjula out
ATHLETICS: Asian championship gold medallist Manjula Kumara
Wijesekera has injured his leg during a practice session is the United
States and has been ruled out of this month's Commonwealth Games in
Australia.
A senior official of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL)
said last night that Wijesekera has injured his landing leg in
attempting to clear 2.27m at a training work out in California, where he
is on a sports cum educational scholarship since end 2004.
Sri Lanka's leading high jumper Wijesekera, who hold the national
record of 2.27m at 2004 National championships in Colombo, has been
asked to rest for at least a month by the American doctors who have
examined him in California. (D.W.) |