SLAF Athletes Brighten 88th National Athletics championships
2:11pm on Tuesday 10th August 2010
Athletes of the Sri Lanka Air Force displayed their excellence and maintained their supremacy by winning 35 medals including 07 Gold at the 88th National Athletics Championship.
This premier athletics meet in the island was conducted at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksha stadium on the 06th, 07th and 08th August 2010.
Minister of Sports, C.B. Rathnayaka graced the occasion as Chief Guest at the competition.
During the championship, SLAF sportsmen and women bagged 07 Gold, 10 Silver and 18 Bronze medals.
Meanwhile, sportswomen Ranasinghe and Dulakshi rewrote local sports history when they created two national records in the Pole Vault and Steeple Chase event.
The following star athletes also did the SLAF proud by emerging winners in their respective events:
Best athlete (women) : Rasnayaka RMCS
Best athlete middle distance(women) : Sammedalsanmali TAS
Best Peformance in track events(women) : Rasnayaka RMCS
Best Peformance in middle distance track events(women) : Samanmali TAS
Best athlete long distance (women) : Dulakshi WPEK
This premier athletics meet in the island was conducted at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksha stadium on the 06th, 07th and 08th August 2010.
Minister of Sports, C.B. Rathnayaka graced the occasion as Chief Guest at the competition.
During the championship, SLAF sportsmen and women bagged 07 Gold, 10 Silver and 18 Bronze medals.
Meanwhile, sportswomen Ranasinghe and Dulakshi rewrote local sports history when they created two national records in the Pole Vault and Steeple Chase event.
The following star athletes also did the SLAF proud by emerging winners in their respective events:
Best athlete (women) : Rasnayaka RMCS
Best athlete middle distance(women) : Sammedalsanmali TAS
Best Peformance in track events(women) : Rasnayaka RMCS
Best Peformance in middle distance track events(women) : Samanmali TAS
Best athlete long distance (women) : Dulakshi WPEK