Hat-trick of wins from Nimali Liyanarachchi…….

Nimali Liyanarachchi completed a hat-trick of wins at the 2015 Asian Athletics Grand Prix when she won her pet event, the women’s 800 metres final at Ayuththaya, Thailand last afternoon. Nimali who clocked 3:06.73 seconds, was closely followed by her former training partner Gayanthika Abeyratne who took 0.09 seconds more to finish the event to bag the silver medal.

In the men’s 800 metres, Indunil Herath clocked 1:51.61 seconds to bag his third silver medal in Thailand this year.

Seasoned high jumper Manjula Kumara Wijesekara made his best attempt at the AGP series this year and leapt 2.23 metres to win the second place. Shehan Ambepitiya ran a 10.76 second sprint against the wind and was placed third.

Javelin thrower Waruna Lakshan Dayaratne also gave his best effort this season when he landed his javelin at a distance of 74.15 metres and won the third place. The Lankan 4×100 metres relay team was placed third with 39.79 seconds behind Thailand and Hong Kong who shared first and second placed respectively.