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Indians dominate on day one

The inaugural South Asian Junior Athletic Championship got under way yesterday at the Sugathadasa Stadium under the patronage of Minister of Sports Bandula Basnayake.

On day one with thirteen events competed, India managed to take the top spot with ten golds, six silver and three bronze medals, while Sri Lanka ended the day winning three golds, six silver and five bronze medals. The two countries to win medals are Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The most interesting event was the 4x400m relay for boys which India won after a thrilling affair. Sri Lanka were in front during the first lap with Indian runner chasing all the way, both handed over the baton almost at the same moment. But it was the Lankan lad who made a quite impression with a good run but baton change proved very costly in this lap and the Indian taking advantage out of this moved ahead an increased the lead making things easy for the final lap runner. Though Sri Lanka lost here it was a good performance by the quartet except for the fault in the second lap. The 200m boys event saw another young lad Shehan Ambepitiya came out with a trilliant performance to win the same clocking a time of 21.91 secs. ahead of Pakistan’s Ali Amir Murad who clocked a poor 22.07 secs. another Lankan lad R. Ashan Hasaranga took the second runner-up position with a time of 22.50 secs.

But in the girls 200m it was India’s Arulappa Jessey who crossed the first clocking 25.32 secs. with Sri Lanka’s J.A.N.S. Jayasinghe a close second with 25.39 secs.

Dewni Madurapperuma (12.42m) won a bronze for Sri Lanka competing in the putt shot her compatriot to M.S.K. Weerasekera 12.28 finished fourth. The gold and the silver went to India’s Kaur Manpreet and Jakhar Neelan respectively for their achievements 13.76m and 12.95m.

The boys long jump event too produced two medals for the host country when Sajith Nadeeshan and K.G. Sumith Ratnayake won the silver and bronze medals with India’s Rane Krishnakumar taking the gold.

Young G.M. Udara Silva was the next gold medal winner for the Lankans when he went over the far at a height of 2.05m to beat Indian competitor Chittarasu Nikhil who cleared on 2.02m.

The third gold medal for Sri Lanka was won by P.P. Serena Clarence when she threw the Javelin for a distance of 39.42m. Her closet rival from India could only manage 38.12m. Third place too went on India’s way when Kispottasofia threw 36.81m.

W.K.L.A. Nimali was another Lankan who increased Lanka’s medal tally winning the bronze medal for the 1,500m.

H.M. Sudesh Prasanna won the silver behind Kumar Sandip of India in the 5,000m. Prasanna and Sudip were in for nearly 1,000m. But Sudip pushed ahead in a grand manner and moved swiftly right throughout the race. In fact he overlapped all other competitor except Sri Lanka’s Sudesh Prasanna. Sudip recorded a time of 14.35.85 secs. while Prasanna’s time showed 15.44.47 secs.

Sri Lanka’s women quartert for the 4x400m too did well to win the silver. They too fought hard to bring this medal for the Lankan team. It must be noted that both relay teams proved they are a set of athletes looking for a good future with better guidance given to them at the correct time.

The meet will continue today at the same venue.

Javelin throw (women) final: 1. P. P. Serena Clarence (Sri Lanka) - 39.42 m, 2. Panamala Asha Mary (India) - 38.12m, 3. Kispotta sofia (India) - 36.81 m.

High jump (men): 1. G. M. Udara Silva (Sri Lanka) - 2.05 m, 2. Chittarasu Nikhil (India) - 2.02 m, 3. Hossain Sajib (Bangladesh) - 2.02 m.

400 m hurdles (men) final: 1. Paul Jithin (India) - 52.91, 2. Varghese Shejil (India) - 53.62, 3. P. P. D. Sasanka Rankoth (Sri Lanka) - 54.36.

Long jump (men) final: 1. Rane Krishna Kumar (India) - 7.45 m, 2. Sajith Nadeeshan (Sri Lanka) - 7.36 m, 3. K. G. Sumith Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) - 7.08 m.

Shot put (women) final: 1. Kaur Manpreet (India) - 13.76 m, 2. Jakhar Neelam (India) - 12.95 m, 3. Devni Madurapperuma (Sri Lanka) - 12.42 m.

Discus throw (men) final: 1. Dinesh Kumar (India) - 54.00 m, 2. Antil Akash (India) - 51.58 m, 3. Muhammad Arsalan (Pakistan) - 48.28 m.

200 m (women) final: 1. Arulappan Jessy (India) - 25.32, 2. J. A. N. S. Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) - 25.39, 3. Nanda Srabani (India) - 25.49.

200 m (men) final: 1. Shehan Ambepitiya (Sri Lanka) - 21.91, 2. Ali Amir Murad (Pakistan) - 22.07, 3. R. P. Ashan Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) - 22.50.

800 m (men) final: 1. Prakash Verma (India) - 1:52.99, 2. A. M. E. G. K. D. Abeysinghe (Sri Lanka) - 1:53.43, 3. Dilhan Aloka (Sri Lanka) - 1:54.45.

1,500 m women final: 121 - Dhankhar Savita (India) - 4:35.49, 2. 119 - Simon Rajam Bindu (India) - 4:35.51, W.K.L.A. Nimali (Sri Lanka) - 4:46.32.

5,000 men final: 1. Kumar Sandip, India - 14:35.85, 2. H.M. Sudesh Prasanna, Sri Lanka - 15:44.47, 3. Malik Vinit (India) - 16:03.74.

4 x 400 m women final: 1. Gujjala Harathi, Komal Tehlan, Mazumdar Debashree, Chadrika Arya (India) - 3:50.27, 2. Dhanukshi Perera, R.M. Mihirani Perera, M.M.P.G.S.K. Samaraweera, R.A.H. Nisansala (Sri Lanka) - 3:57.62, 3. Nadia Zulifiqar, Kiran Rana, Azalfa Shafi, Tasneem Akntar (Paksitan) - 4:33.63.

4 x 400 men final: 1. Jaspal Singh, Jithin Paul, Varghese Shejil, Manindar Singhe, India - 3:14.56, 2. Nuwan Abeywickrama, K.T.M. Harris, C. Saman Kumara, G.L.T. Ishara, Sri Lanka - 3:15.68, 3. Pervaiz Hussain, Shahid Ali, Asad Manzoor, Farhan Ahmed, Paksitan - 3:32.14.

Medal tally 
		G 	S 	B
		
India 		10 	6 	3
Sri Lanka 	3 	6 	5
Paksitan 	0 	1 	4
Bangladesh 	0 	0 	1

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