Dhinal swims for gold
Chinthana Wasala
Dhinal Weerasinghe of Colombo International School became a junior
swimming sensation when he won the gold medal in the under-9, 50m
dolphin (41.55 secs. ) and a silver in the 200m individual medley (3min.
30.15secs.) at the Sri Lanka Schools Novices Swimming Meet which
concluded at the Ananda College Pool
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Dhinal Weerasinghe |
recently.
The meet was organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports
Association.
This was a follow up after he became the under-10 age group champion,
winning two gold medals in the 50m butterfly (41.62 secs.) and 50m
freestyle (37.17 secs.) followed by a silver medal in the 50m backstroke
event (45.27secs.) at the recently concluded Inter-international schools
meet.
Dhinal attends training at the Melville Aussi Masters Swimming Club
in Australia every year in order to sharpen his skills along with his
two elder brothers, who are champion swimmers too.
Dhinal thanks coach Nishantha Kumarapperuma, school coach Sumith
Dharmadasa and P.S.P. Dayananda who is his style corrector.
He also thanks his first coach Andy Witharana who introduced him to
swimming and Andy believes that he would be a star swimmer in future. |
