National Race Walking Championships Ravindu and Madurika outwalk opponents

By Susil Premalal

Ravindu Herath and U. V. K. Madurika, both from Sri Lanka Army, finished first in the men’s and women’s events at the National Race Walking Championships held at the Torrington Place, Colombo.

The meet was also held as a selection trial for the several international level meets that are scheduled for this year.

Men’s winner Herath completed the race with a time of 1:40.26secs and Women’s Winner Madurika clocked a time of: 1:52.01secs in this race conducted by Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA).
D. M. I. S. S. Dunukara, also of Sri Lanka Army, clocked a time of 1:41.52secs to finish second in the men’s event, with Y. S. Wimalasuriya, another Army athlete, coming third in 1:42.46secs.

In the Women’s event, P. B. Gayani of Sri Lanka Army was second in 1:53.32secs, while T. H. D. Dilhani of Sri Lanka Air Force rounded out the top three in 1:59.23secs.