{"id":58571,"date":"2021-02-25T07:39:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T07:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=58571"},"modified":"2021-02-25T07:39:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T07:39:19","slug":"sri-lankan-olympic-stars-of-yesteryear-long-distance-runner-linus-dias-brought-fame-and-glory-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankan-olympic-stars-of-yesteryear-long-distance-runner-linus-dias-brought-fame-and-glory-to-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Olympic stars of yesteryear Long distance runner Linus Dias brought fame and glory to Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-top-strap field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<h1 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Long distance runner Linus Dias brought fame and glory to Sri Lanka<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">Sri Lankan Olympic stars of yesteryear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58573\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sri-Lankan-Olympic-stars-of-yesteryear.jpg\" alt=\"Long distance runner Linus Dias brought fame and glory to Sri Lanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Linus Dias entered the international athletics arena having participated and displayed his talents at Inter-schools and National level events as a student of Ampitya Vidyalaya, Kandy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Linus was also the Sri Lankan Team Captain for the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. As a schoolboy he won the third place in the 1,500m while causing a serious threat to some of the more senior competitors who participated in this event at the National Championships in 1951.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1950, he quite easily won the 1-mile race at the Junior Athletics Meet and at the Public Schools Athletic Meet. In 1953, at the National Championships he was placed second in the 1,500m event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1954, he won the 1,500m event at the National Championship finishing the race in 4 minutes and 12.9s and the 5,000m in 20 minutes and 20.6s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Linus, who was by now serving the Sri Lanka Army gave up the 1,500m event and trained for the 5,000m and the 10,000m events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1954 he won the 5,000m event at the Army Athletics Meet in 16 minutes and 12.4s. In 1959, he took part in an international meet for the first time in Malaysia. He came second in the 3-mile event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Although the 10,000m race was not scheduled for National events during the period from 1952 to 1962, Linus had recorded a time of 34.00 minutes while training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1956, in the 5,000m event, Linus was placed second. In 1958, at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan he came second in the 10,000m event. He had finished the course in 34:4.5s and this was also a new Sri Land record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The same year, Linus won the 6-mile and the 3-mile events at the Sports Festival held in Malaysia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In the Triangular Athletics Meet involving Madras, Mysore and Sri Lanka, Linus won the marathon. In 1959, Linus won the marathon event at the Championship organised by the Ceylon Track and Field Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He improved on his best performance by returning a time of 2 hours 33.43s. At the Athletics Meet held in India between the Ace Athletics Club and the Bangalore Sports Club, Linus won both 5,000m and the 10,000m events while establishing Mysore State records in these events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1960 too he won the marathon event held in Madras. Linus was then selected for the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 on the basis of these victories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was the 39th out of 69 competitors finishing the event in 2 hours, 32 minutes and 12s. This performance was an improvement on the Sri Lanka record and the Asian record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 1961, he won the 5,000m event at the Nationals with a time of 15.8.4s and established a Sri Lanka record. This was a great improvement on the existing record of 15:37.2s which was considered a remarkable achievement. (C.D)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long distance runner Linus Dias brought fame and glory to Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Olympic stars of yesteryear Linus Dias entered the international athletics arena having participated and displayed his talents at Inter-schools and National level events as a student of Ampitya Vidyalaya, Kandy. 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