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94th National Athletics Championship:
Lakmali beaten in javelin throw fails to qualify
By Sajeewa Jayakody
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Nadeeka Lakmali (Red)
competes in the women’s Javelin Throw final on the second day of
the 94th National Athletics Championship where she was beaten by
ND Lekamge (on right) at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Homagama
yesterday. Pix by Ranjith Asanka
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Ajith Kumara Karunatilleke set up a new Sri Lanka record in the men’s
Decathlon final but all eyes were focused on the women’s javelin throw
event where Sri Lanka’s Nadeeka Lakmali not only failed to come within
the Rio Olympic qualifying standards but was beaten to second place in
the event on the second day of the 94th National Athletics Championship
continued at the Mahinda Rajapakasa Stadium in Diyagama, Homagama
yesterday.
Kumara, an electrical mechanical engineer of Sri Lanka Army, won all
ten disciplines accumulating 6724 points, a 247 point improvement of his
previous Sri Lanka record set two years ago in Colombo.
His performance in the ten disciplines were: 100m - 11.1 secs, Long
Jump - 6.98m, Shot Put - 10.62m, High Jump 1.76m, 400m - 50.0 secs, 110
Hurdles 15.0 secs, Discus Throw 30.18m, Pole Vault 4.40m, Javelin Throw
48.79m, 1500m 4:50.8 min.
Olympic prospect Lakmali was stunned by ND Lekamge of Sri Lanka Army
in the women’s Javelin Throw final. Lekamge’s effort was 56.06m while
Nadeeka threw a distance of 54.96m to finish a distant second.
Thirteen finals are scheduled for today including Nimali
Liyanarachchi’s 800m final where she is attempting to qualify for a
place at the Rio Olympics in her pet event.
Meanwhile, High Jumper Manjula Kumara was given another chance by the
Athletic Association of Sri Lanka to try and reach the Olympic
qualifying standard along with three other high jumpers T.D. Karunaratne
(unattached), S Jayamal (Lanka Lions SC) and Roshan Dhammika
(unattached). The event will take place at 3pm.
Final results (Day Two):
Men:
10000m: 1 Vijitha Kumara (Army) 31:17.9 min, 2 LAS Ratnayake (Army)
31:21.0 min, 3 Kumara Bandara (Army) 31:26.70 min.
Shot Put: 1 AJD Perera (Navy) 14.94 m, 2 Samitha Jayawardena (Army)
14.75 m, 3 S Jayakody (Army) 14.27 m.
100m: 1 Himasha Eshan (Army) 10.5 sec, 2 ALM Ashrof (Army) 10.5 sec,
3 KSL Wickramasinghe (Army) 10.6 sec.
1500m: 1 Hemantha Kumara (Police SC) 3:51.9 min, 2 PWG Sanjeewa (Air
Force) 3:54.8 min, 3 Janaka Pradeepa (Army) 3:55.7 min.
400m: 1 Ruwan Kumara (Army) 47.2 sec, 2 Devinda Peiris (Army) 47.3
sec, 3 AM Gunaratne (Air Force) 47.4 sec.
Hammer Throw: 1 K Nilantha (Army) 45.99 m, 2 SR Kumarasiri (Army)
45.16 m, 3 Sisira Kumara (Army) 44.89 m.
Triple Jump: 1 AN Karunasinghe (Army) 16.21 m, 2 Dinesh Fernando
(Army) 16.19 m, 3 SS Jayasinghe (Army) 16.18 m.
Decathlon: 1 Kumara Karunatilleke (Army) 6724 pts (NSLR), 2 DS Perera
(Air Force) 6670 pts (BPR), 3 Janaka Kumara 5198 pts.
3000m Steeple Chase: 1 MS Pushpakumara (Army) 9:15.0 min, 2 Chamara
Kumara (Army) 9:16.8 min, 3 Suresh Karunaratne (Army) 9:17.6 min.
Women:
Javelin Throw: 1 ND Lekamge (Army) 56.06 m, 2 Nadeeka Lakmali (Army)
54.96 m, 3 KAMP Silva (Navy) 51.76 m.
Pole Vault: 1 Anitha Jegatheshwaran (Jaffna DAA) 3.30 m, 2 RAKL
Perera (Air Force) 3.10 m, 3 PMAH Dilrukshi (Army) 3.10 m.
Triple Jump: 1 BMHP Balasooriya (SL Schools AA) 12.79 m, 2 LDDE
Ratnasiri (Air Force) 12.38 m, 3 KAS Dulanjani (Air Force) 12.33 m.
100m: 1 SA Vidanadurage (Air Force) 12.1 sec, 2 SS Jayathilaka (Army)
12.20 sec, 3 MVL Sugandhi (Army) 12.20 sec.
1500m: 1 VK Jayasundara (Army) 4:37.3 min, 2 KN Kularatne (Air Force)
4:41.6 min, 3 MN Nandasena (Army) 4:45.2 min.
400m: 1 Nimali Liyanarachchi (Air Force) 54.6 sec, 2 WU Ratnakumari
(Army) 54.9 sec, 3 DG Pathmakumari (Army) 55.5 sec.
High Jump: 1 DK Ranasinghe (Navy) 1.76 m, 2 AT Vinoodani (Army) 1.73
m, 3 PJ Gunaratne (SL Schools AA) 1.70 m.
Shot Put: 1 TK Fernando (Air Force) 14.47 m, 2 Nadeeka Muthunayake
(Navy) 13.69 m, 3 PS Clarance (Air Force) 11.37 m.
5000m: 1 KN Ratnayake (Army) 16:39.9 min, 2 NL Ariyadasa (Air Force)
17:10.2 min, 3 SA Lamahewage (Navy) 17:16.9 min. |
