Sri Lanka win Asian Games bronze medals in Men’s, Women’s 4x400m relays

Sri Lanka added more medals to their Asian Games tally with the Men's and Women's 4x400m relay teams winning Bronze in their respective events. 

The Men's relay team, of Aruna Dharshana, Pabasara Niku, Rajitha Rajakaruna and Kalinga Kumarage, clocked a new national record time of 3 minutes 02.55 seconds. 

Earlier, Tharushi Dissanayake Karunaratne, who had earlier bagged Sri Lanka's first gold of the games in the Women's 800m returned to compete in the 4x400m relay, as Sri Lanka crossed the line with a time of 3 minutes 30.88 seconds. 

The Women's relay team comprised of Nadeesha Ramanayake, Jayeshi Uththara Hewage, Sayuri Mendis and Karunaratne.