Skip to content
TheNews SyncTheNews Sync

Searches the headlines of the last three days, from every outlet we follow.

Menu

Reading

Text size
Saved on this device. Nothing about you is sent to us.

Account

Your name on comments, on any device
Sports
Sports
AthleticsUpdated

Lahiru Achintha wins silver at Youth Olympics

From Daily Mirror Sport ·
Headline from Daily Mirror SportRead it in
3 outlets · 4 reports · latest EN 2SI 1English 2 · Sinhala 1 · 1 state-owned, 2 privateOwners: 1 state-owned, 2 private.
DiscussionWhatsApp
Lahiru Achintha wins silver at Youth OlympicsPhoto: Daily Mirror

AI summary · 1 min read

1 min readFrom 3 outlets
  • Achintha finished second in the men’s 1500m with a reported time of 3:59.08.
  • Rupavahini News says the silver was Sri Lanka’s first medal at the Games and its highest achievement at a Youth Olympics.
  • Ethiopia’s Seblega Wabi won gold in 3:58.73, while Spain’s Alex Sangila took bronze in 3:59.70, according to Rupavahini News.

Daily Mirror Sport, Rupavahini News, ThePapare, Newswire and Hiru News report that Sri Lankan athlete Lahiru Achintha won silver in the men’s 1500 metres at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal. ThePapare’s Tamil report says the race took place at the Iba Mar Diop Stadium on the 9th.

Rupavahini News and ThePapare report that Achintha completed the event in 3 minutes 59.08 seconds and placed second. Rupavahini News identifies the result as Sri Lanka’s first medal at these Games and its highest achievement by a Sri Lankan athlete at a Youth Olympics.

Rupavahini News reports that Ethiopia’s Seblega Wabi won gold in 3:58.73, described by that outlet as his personal best, and that Spain’s Alex Sangila finished third in 3:59.70. Daily Mirror Sport describes Achintha as an Asian Youth Games gold medallist and a rising Sri Lankan international athlete.

Based on: Rupavahini, Daily Mirror, ThePapareWritten by AI from Rupavahini, Daily Mirror, ThePaparethese outlets’ reports. Not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original reports are the authority. .
Helpful?

Your take

Be the first to react

Discussion

Readers' views on this story
Join the discussion

Story alerts

Get an email when an outlet reports something new on this story.

Earlier coverage

Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.

  1. The Island Sports · Achintha smashes 1,500 metres record at All Island Schools Games
  2. Newswire · Palitha Bandara claims silver in men’s shot put at Asian Para Games
  3. Newswire · Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Achintha wins silver at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics

Discussion

Readers’ views on this story · published as written
No account needed ·
Community rules

Read the originalsRead the original reports 4

4 reports · swipeShowing 4 of 4

Keep reading

Up next · Other sportsWelsh Grand National-winning jockey O'Brien dies aged 39BBC Sport
Economy & business · PoliticsPresident puts final touches to 2027 Budget11 outletsWeather & disaster · Crime & policeColombo-Kandy main road closed following earth and rock slide8 outletsForeign ties · PoliticsCabinet approves MoU with India for 100 new Suwa Seriya ambulances7 outlets

Sign in

Optional. No password — we email you a code. Signed in, your alerts start at once and your comments carry your name on any device.