ලහිරු අචින්තගෙන් ලක්මවට රිදී පදක්කමක්

Rupavahini News and ThePapare report that Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Achintha won silver in the men’s 1,500-metre race at the fourth Youth Olympics, being held in Dakar, Senegal. ThePapare says the race took place on the 9th at Dakar’s Iba Mar Diop Stadium.

Rupavahini News and ThePapare report that Achintha completed the race in 3 minutes 59.08 seconds. ThePapare identifies Ethiopia’s Seblega Wabi as the gold medallist, with a time of 3:58.73, and says a Spanish runner won bronze. Rupavahini News also reports that Wabi’s time was a personal best.

ThePapare reports that this was Sri Lanka’s first medal at the Dakar event and its first silver at a Youth Olympics. It says the medal is Sri Lanka’s second in the competition’s history, after a bronze in the women’s 2,000-metre steeplechase at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympics.

ThePapare reports that Achintha, a 17-year-old from St. Aloysius College in Ratnapura, won gold in the men’s 1,500 metres at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain last year. It also says Sri Lanka had five athletes competing in Dakar and that Achintha’s silver placed the country 60th in the medal table.