Amasha de Silva in action
Himasha Eshan and Amasha de Silva, both from Army SC won the Men’s and Women’s 100m finals respectively at the 99th National Athletic Championship stage one, worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.
Eshan finished the race with a time of 10.45s while Amasha was placed first with a timing of 11.89s.
Meanwhile, Nilani Ratnayake who is very close to Olympic standard finished the 3000m steeplechase event first with a time of nine minutes 53.96s but she could not reach the expected Olympic standard of nine minutes and 30s.
To be on the safe side, she had to produce a time better than her national record of nine minutes and 46.76s but she was unable to reach that mark.
The results (All finals):
3000m steeplechase Women: (1) Nilani Ratnayake (Army) 9.53.96s. (2) W. H. N. Kumari (Navy) 10.58.11s. (3) A. N. L. Ariyadasa (Air Force) 11.03.31s.
800m Women: (1) Nimali Liyanarachchi (Air Force) 2.06.69s. (2) Tharushi Karunaratne (Schools) 2.07.21s. (3) K. G. N. M. A. Kumari (Schools) 2.08.30s.
Javelin throw Women: (1) Dilhani Lekamge (Army) 52.88m. (2) Nadeeka Lakmali (Army) 48.55m. (3) H. P. D. H. Maduwanthi (Air Force) 48.16m.
Long jump Men: (1) Janaka Wimalasiri (Army) 7.80m. (2) H. B. M. Y. B. R. Herath (Army) 7.69m. (3) K. K. M. K. Karunasekara (Army) 7.58m.
Javelin throw Men: (1) R. P. W. L. Dayaratne (Army) 75.91m (2) Sumedha Ranasinghe (Army) 74.51m (3) D. S. Ranansinghe (Army) 73.25m.
100m Women: (1) Amasha de Silva (Army) 11.89s. (2) Shelinda Jansen (Track Master SC) 12.20s. (3) B. I. M. Jayamanne (Schools) 12.21s.
100m Men: (1) Himasha Eshan (Army) 10.45s. (2) Sahan Rajapaksa (Schools) 10.69s. (3) Y. C. M. Yodasinghe (Army) 10.76s.
400m Women: (1) Nadeesha Ramanayake (Army) 53.32s. (2) Lakshima Mendis (Schools) 55.68s. (3) S. A. K. Thathsarani (Schools) 55.94s.
400m Men: (1) Kalinga Kumarage (Army) 46.12s. (2) Aruna Dharshana (Army) 46.65s. (3) R. M. R. N. Rajakaruna (Army) 47.21s.
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