Schoolboy Ranasinghe wins TT gold medal in India

Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr

Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College Kandy brought honour to Sri Lanka when he won a gold medal at the 18th South Asian Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championship which concluded in New Delhi, India on Friday.

This is the first time, a Sri Lankan schoolboy has won a gold medal in table tennis. He achieved this feat when he beat number one ranked Indian junior player in the semi-final and number two ranked in the final.

The Vidyartha team representing the Sri Lanka Cadet and Junior Under-18 table tennis team, won the Silver medal in the team event. The principal of the school, Ranjith Rajapakshe told the correspondent that the gold medalist Udaya Ranasinghe along with the team Krishan Wickremeratne, Dinesh Kavishka and Prasad de Silva will be felicitated by the students, old boys, staff members and well-wishers when they return to the island