Dilhani shocks Yamani …

Middle distance specialist Dilhani Fernando turned the tables on Asian Youth Championship gold medalist Yamani Dulanjali in the girls under 20 400m, while 6 new meet records were set on the second day of the 27th National Youth Athletics Championship continued at Diyagama yesterday. Fernando clocked 58.33 seconds as she sealed her second Gold while Dulanjali faced a shock defeat, although it appeared that Dulanjali was suffering from a hamstring injury.

National 400m champion, Chandrika Rasnayake renewed her own record with a time of 54.31 seconds to win her second Gold medal of the meet in the women’s over 20 400m. She was given stiff competition by Upamali Rathnakumari who finished second in 54.86seconds.

National javelin throw champion Sumedha Ranasinghe threw 75.84m in the men’s over 20 javelin throw to set a new meet record, where he erased the record set by D.S. Ranasinghe of 72.42m in 2013 at Polonnaruwa.

In the under 20 boys 10000m the top three finishers clocked better timing than the previous record. The event was won by K.L. Pamode with a time of 32 minutes 53.93 seconds which erased the meet record set by him in the last edition of the festival.
In other events of the day A.P. Jayawardene (Discus throw – 47.85m) and K.L. Samarasinghe (400m – 48.67) set new meet records in the under 20 boys category.
Shanika Dulakshi clocked 15.50 seconds to set a new meet record in the under 20 girls 100m hurdles.