Swimmer Udara wins three golds at NSF

Udara Cumaratunga of Visakha Vidyalaya was the cynosure of all eyes at the swimming competition of the XXVth National Sports Festival worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool last weekend.

She bagged three gold medals in women's 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke with two new meet records. The 16-year-old lass, coached by Sumith Darmadasa, has shown great talent this year, securing first places in women's 200m, 100m and 50m backstroke finals at the 2009 Sri Lanka Schools' Swimming and Diving Championships, all with new meet records.

She also accounted for the first place in women's 200m, 100m and 50m backstroke events at this year's National Short Course Swimming Championships.

Besides underlining her supremacy as a backstroke champion winning 200m, 100m and 50m (new meet record) at the 35th National Age Group Championship, young Cumaratunga won five titles at the meet, winning women's 50m and 100m events too.