Lakshika sets up a new record

Lakshika Sugandhi of Army renewed her own Sri Lanka record by achieving 4911 metres as she took a step closer to the 5000 metre mark in the Heptathlon event on the second day of the defense service championships worked off at Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

She established the previous record at the 95th National Athletics championship concluded last month at same venue and she achieved 4906 points in the respective championships to be crowned the queen of heptathlon.

So far one Sri Lanka record and seven meet records have been established of which six records were set by Sri Lanka Army.

They lead the medal tally with 18 gold, 13 silver and nine bronze respectively. Air Force secured the second place with four gold, 11 silver and 10 bronzes while Navy are placed third with three gold, two silver and four bronze.

In the 800M men’s event Indunil Herath set the record by clocking 1:48.00 and Ajith Karunathilaka of Army established Decathlon achieving 6961 points. the men’s last record came in the Pole Vault event when Sadaruwan of Air Force leapt 5.00m to set a new meet record.

In the evening session two more new meet records were recorded and both came in the women’s category, when PAIMP Perera set up a discus throw record with a distance of 44.36m while Dulani set up a record in the 400M Hurdles clocking 59.83 seconds respectively.

Men

5000M: 1. AL Tharanga (Air Force) 14:36.27 sec, 2. DS Dissanayaka (Army) 14:46.21 sec, 3. AP Maduranga (Air Force) 14:51.41 sec

Hammer Throw: 1. K. Nilantha (Army) 46.09m, 2. Sisira Kumara (Army) 44.66m, 3. S.R Kumarasiri (Army) 43.55m

Long Jump: 1. Prasad Wimalasiri (Army) 8.07m, 2. Amila Jayasiri (Air Force) 7.98m, 3. Milan Dissanayaka (Navy) 7.60m

200m: 1. Ajith Premakumara (Army) 21.22 sec, 2. Surendra Kumara (Army) 21.60 sec, 3. Dasun Silva (Air Force) 21.65 sec

Shot Putt: 1. RS Jayawardana (Army) 16.12m, 2. Joy Danushka Perera (Navy) 15.77m, 3. SM Fernando (Army) 14.88m

Women

10,000M: 1. MN Nandasena (Army) 36:03.73 sec, 2. Nilani Ariyadesa (Air Force) 36:36.70 sec, 3. Anusha Lamahewa (Navy) 36:52.06 sec

1500M: 1. Gayanthika Abeyratne (Navy) 4:21.12 sec, 2. Nilani Ratnayaka (Army) 4:24.86 sec, 3. Eranga Dulakshi (Air Force) 4:28.94 sec

Triple Jump: 1. Vidusha Lakshani (Army) 13.58m, 2. Hashini Balasooriya 13.40m, 3. AT Lakshani (Air Force) 13.15m

Javelin Throw: 1. Dilhani Lekamge (Army) 53.59m, 2. Nadeeka Lakmali (Army) 51.84m, 3. DH Maduwanthi (Air Force) 45.89m

Pole Vault: 1. Sachini Perera (Army) 3.40m, 2. Lakrani Perera (Air Force) 3.20m, 3. VV Lakmali (Air Force) 3.10m

High Jump: 1. Dulanjali Ranasinghe (Navy) 1.70m, 2. SMM Madushani (Air Force) 1.68m, 3. S. Sooriyampola (Air Force) 1.59m

200M : 1. Rumeshika Rathnayaka (Army) 24.32 sec, 2. Nimali Madushika (Air Force) 24.83 sec, 3. Nadeesha Ramanayaka (Army) 24.84 sec 

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