{"id":97084,"date":"2022-08-06T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T09:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=97084"},"modified":"2022-08-06T09:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T09:22:04","slug":"historic-golden-night-for-sri-lanka-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/historic-golden-night-for-sri-lanka-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Golden Night for Sri Lanka Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Historic Golden Night for Sri Lanka Athletics<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-bot-strap field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97085\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yupun-Abeykoon.jpg\" alt=\"Yupun Abeykoon\" width=\"319\" height=\"352\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yupun Abeykoon<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2022\/08\/05\/sports\/284465\/historic-golden-night-sri-lanka-athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI had lot of hopes to win a medal but I didn\u2019t expect to win a silver,\u201d said Bandara humbly, a native of Laggala, Matale whose best throw of 44.20m came in his fifth throw after securing second position with distances of 39.54, 41.48, 41.88, 43.13 and a no throw in his final attempt. Wales\u2019 Aled Davies (F42) secured the gold with a throw of 51.39 while another Welshman Harrison Walsh (F44) got the bronze with a throw of 54.76m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI am very happy and proud to win a medal. I wish to thank my coach Prabath Danushka Perera and the Army for all their support,\u201d said Bandara, a father of two girls, not forgetting to express his appreciation to the NPC (National Paralympic Committee) and the NOC (National Olympic Committee).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/2022\/07\/31\/Untitled-15_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"579\" \/>Yupun Abeykoon was elated like an excited schoolboy after his phenomenal feat of becoming the first Sri Lankan to win a medal in the men\u2019s 100m event at the Commonwealth Games. \u201cI am very happy and wish to thank everyone who believed in me. This is a small gift from me to Sri Lanka,\u201d said the 27-year-old from Wennappuwa who is based in Italy for the past several years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cReally it was the plan of my team to run in the Commonwealth final. Our people also believed in me because I had a great journey this year. Coach said \u2018yes we can finish in the podium\u2019. Yes I did it. To win a medal in this Games is my biggest achievement,\u201d he said<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThis was a different race from what I had run before. Finally I got the chance to win a bronze medal. It is very precious to me. The reason is because we worked hard for it and only we know what we had to go through to achieve it,\u201d said Abeykoon who clocked 10.14 seconds running from lane two to finish third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The previous best performance was by Shehan Ambepitiya who qualified to the semifinals in the 100 and 200 at the 2010 Delhi Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abeykoon\u2019s medal in athletics is the first since Sriyani Kulawansa won silver in the women\u2019s 100m hurdles and Sugath Thilakaratne clinched a bronze in the men\u2019s 400m at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games. Olympic silver medallist Duncan White is the only athlete to win a gold medal in athletics in the men\u2019s 440 yards hurdles at the 1950 Auckland Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kenya\u2019s Ferdinand Omanyala (10.02) took the men\u2019s title ahead of defending champion Akani Simbine (10.13) of South Africa, shaking off the disappointment of last month where he suffered visa issues ahead of the World Championships and only arrived hours before his 100m heat, before being knocked out in the semi-final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica clinched the women\u2019s 100m title. The 30-year-old ran 10.95 seconds and the Jamaican had not previously won an individual Commonwealth Games title despite claiming five Olympic golds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She was the only one of Jamaica\u2019s star trio to compete with world 200m champion Shericka Jackson and 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce skipping the Games following last month\u2019s World Championships in Eugene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thompson-Herah took 100m bronze behind her teammates in Oregon and was the star name in Birmingham, with England\u2019s Dina Asher-Smith out with a hamstring injury. Julien Alfred of St Lucia came home in 11.01 to take silver, with England\u2019s Daryll Neita winning bronze in 11.07.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Abeykoon was calm as a cucumber during the final and did not even look up to see the result although it was clear to the naked eye that he had finished third. He could not believe his eyes when he was placed third on the giant screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIn my mind, I had already won before running the finals. I had achieved the target of my team by qualifying for the finals. My coach told me to run freely in the final. You have already achieved your goal. If you run freely, definitely you can get a podium finish,\u201d said Abeykoon who had the fastest time of 10.06 in the heats but came fourth in the third semifinal clocking 10.20 which was just enough to be among the fastest qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cAt this level, you have that stress. If you don\u2019t, you are not running on this planet. But every race is different. In the heats, I did very well. Today it was different. Any athlete should have another skill to run in this type of competition because it\u2019s not easy. That is sport. I am very happy,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cAt this level to win a bronze medal running with world-class athletes. To be among them is an honour. It did not happen overnight. It is a result of years of hard work. Only my team and I know the sacrifices we made during this journey,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Men\u2019s 100m FINAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">1 Ferdinand Omanyala<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">(Kenya) 10.02 seconds<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2 Akani Simbine<\/p>\n<p>(South Africa) 10.13<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">3 YUPUN ABEYKOON<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(SRI LANKA) 10.14<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">4 Benjamin Azamati (Ghana) 10.16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">5 Jeremiah Azu (Wales) 10.19<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">6 Rohan Browning<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Australia) 10.20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">7 Emmanuel Eseme<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Cameroon) 10.24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(England) 11.10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Men\u2019s Discus Throw F42-44\/61-64 &#8211; FINAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 Aled Davies (Wales)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Sport class: F42) 51.39m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 PALITHA BANDARA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HALGAHAWELA GEDARA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(SRI LANKA) (F42) 44.20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 Harrison Walsh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Wales) (F44) 54.76<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 Dan Greaves<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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