Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Regiment (SLEME) and 4th Women’s Corps clinched the men’s and women’s overall championship titles in the 55th Army Inter Regiment Athletics Championship - 2018’ concluded at Sugathadasa Stadium, recently. Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army was the chief guest at the award ceremony.
Approximately 900 Army athletes, representing all 24 Regimental Headquarters of the Army showcased their athletic prowess during this 3-day athletics championship.
Army athletes have represented the country in many international meets, including Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, South Asian Games and World Defense Services Athletic Meet since the inception of the Army Athletics Committee in 1950, chaired by Lieutenant Duncan White who bagged the first-ever Olympic medal for Sri Lanka.
Major General Dampath Fernando, Chief of Staff - Sri Lanka Army, Major General Ajith Kariyakarawana, Deputy Chief of Staff - Sri Lanka Army, Major General Anura Sudasinghe - Director General Army Sports, Brigadier Chandana Ranaweera - Secretary to Army Athletic Committee and several senior officers of the Army Athletic Committee were among the guests at the closing ceremony.
Army athletes established two new National Records, 12 new Army Athletics Records and four new Meet Records during the competition.
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