Commonwealth Games – Swimming: Madhavi Kaushalya wins women’s 50m free heat [October 07 2010]

Madhavi Kaushalya kept Sri Lanka’s hopes alive when she qualified to compete in the second round of the women’s 50m freestyle event of the Commonwealth Games swimming competition continued in New Delhi today.

In a day marred by several poor performance by Sri Lankans, especially swimmers Condrad Francis, Heshan Unamboowe and Giha Amarasinghe, young Kaushalya was the only bright spot to win hear women’s 50m freestyle heat 2 in 22. 55 seconds. Finishing second was her team mate Lihini tashia Dias in 22.96 seconds, followed by Kristie Miller (30.45 seconds).