Tharushi breaks 400m record at All Island School Games

Tharushi Karunarathna won the 400m

By Susil Premalal  
Hangzhou Asian Games Middle Distance Gold medallist Tharushi Karunarathna participated in the 2023 All Island Schools Games Athletic championship and won a gold medal yesterday (24) in the U-20 Girls 400m Final Event with a New Meet Record.
The All Island Schools Games Athletic Championship conducted by the Ministry of Education will conclude on October 27 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Tharushi Karunarathna of A.Rathnayaka National Schools, Walala participating in the last championship in her school sports career and broke her competition record  (54.22sec) by finishing yesterday’s U-20 400m Girls Final Event in a time of 53.21sec.
Today (25) she will participate in the 800m Girls heats. the final is scheduled for  tomorrow (26).
Meanwhile, on the second day of the championship, six new competition records were set with Kaveesha Karunaratne of Lankapura Galamuna MV breaking an 11-year-old record.

New Meet Records
Boys:
Long Jump U-18 Performance 7.27m. Thevidu Sandil (St. Peters College - Colombo) Previous Record Distance 7.09m
Long Jump U-20 Performance 7.52m. Kavisha Karunarathne (Lankapura Galamuna MV) Previous Record Distance 7.38m.
Girls:
Shot Putt U-14 Performance 11.47m. Dilki Dewmini Karunarathne (Visakha Vidyalaya - Colombo.) Previous Record Distance 10.34m.
100m U16 Performance 12.62 Sec Dhananjana Fernando (Lyceum International School - Wattala) Previous Record time 12.64sec.
400M U-20 Performance 53.21sec. Tharushi Karunarathna (A. Rathnayaka CC Walala) Previous Record time 54.22sec.
Long Jump U-14 Performance 5.66m. Dilini Rajapksha (Lyceum International School - Wattala) Previous Record.Distance 5.32m.