Airmen excel at Weightlifting Nationals

By Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr.

WEIGHTLIFTING: Three Old Rajans who represented Sri Lanka Air Force i.e. Neil Perera, P.K.N. Dayan and R.R. Samarasekera became National Weightlifting Champions in their respective weight categories at the National Weightlifting Championships which were held at the Colombo Campus Gymnasium on the 21st of December, 2008.

Neil Perera 'lifted' a total of 235 kgs to become a champion of his weight category of 85 kgs. P.K.N. Dayan participating in the 77 kgs weight category 'lifted' a total of 250 kgs to win.

R.R. Samarasekera 'lifted' a total of 277 kgs to win the 94 kgs weight category. R.P.M. Wijeratne also from the Air Force won the 105 kgs weight category lifted a total of 277 kgs.