Action at the 22nd National Youth Sports Festival :
Spirit of Youth
Chinthana Wasala
Records:
Hiruni Disala Weerasekera 11.97 metres - Women’s under-20 triple
jump.
Himansa Karunaratne 37.82 metres - Women’s under-20 javelin throw.
Tharika Kumudumali 12.79 metres - Women’s over-20 shot putt.
M I M Mifran 6.94 metres - Men’s under-20 long jump.
Sonali Kumari Weerasekera - 43.25 metres - Women’s over-20 discus throw.
T.S. Wanniarachchi 13.59 metres - Men’s over 20 shot putt.
Nipuna Nirmal Weerasekera - 2.00 metres - Men’s under 20 high jump.
Madushani Siriwardena - 1.65 metres - Women’s under-20 high jump.
Sanjuna Sumanaweera - 13.97 metres - Men’s under-20 shot putt.
Vadiweshwaran Hariharan - 44 metres - Men’s under-20 discuss throw.
Sampath Sanjeewa Jayasinghe - 15.52 metres - Men’s over 20 triple jump.
N Selvakumar - 33.19.4 minutes - men’s under-20 10,000m.
Dhanushka Shrimal Samarasekera - 14.46 metres - men’s under 20 triple
jump.
R M S J Ranasinghe - 60.68 metres - men’s under-20 javelin throw.
Ratnapura District retained the overall championship of the National
Youth Sports Festival with 115 points yesterday at the Jayathillake
Ground in Nawalapitiya to make it two in a row.
Kurunegala District was the runner-up with 55 points while
Anuradhapura District secured the third slot with 54 points. The
champions were awarded a cash prize of Rs 150,000 in addition to the
championship trophy.
Mohamed Mifran who set a new record in the men's long jump and Ishara
Sandeepani Dayananda who finished 200m with a time of 26.1 seconds were
adjudged under 20 best men's and women's athletes respectively.
In the over 20 category, Sampath Sanjeewa Jayasinghe the new record
holder in the triple jump and Ishara Maduwanthi who cleared 5.69 metres
in the long jump were adjudged best men and women athletes respectively.
All were awarded with more cycles along with the trophies.
A total of 14 meet records were shattered during the four day youth
sports extravaganza but no athlete was even close to set a new Sri Lanka
National record for which the organizers promised a brand new car as the
grand prize. |