Sri Lankan athlete goes missing in Switzerland

A leading Sri Lanka athlete Grashan Dhananjaya has gone missing while representing Sri Lanka at an invitational athletics meet in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dhananjaya is the Sri Lanka record holder in the Triple Jump (men) and national champion in the Long Jump.

Dhananjaya was accompanied in the meet by long jump champion Sarangi de Silva
and National Athletic Coach Y. K. Kularathna.

"This tour was on a private invitation. Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) is not responsible. He went missing after taking part in the long jump event," SLA Secretary Saman Kumara Gunawardena said.

(Susil Premalal)

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