SLSC WOMEN ATHLETES TRIUMPHS IN 98TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH RECORDS

The four-day long ‘98^th National Championship’, organized to select athletes for the National Pool ends with remarkable performance of SLSC women athletes. The event held at Sugathadasa Stadium from 26 to 29 December 2020 with the participation of considerable number of athletes.

Signal woman Perera KLSK (11 SLSC) won the first place in the Pole Vault (3m 56 cm) and break the existing Sri Lankan record. Moreover, Signal woman Kumarasinghe KGDMS (2(v) SLSC) won the first place in 800m.

Other remarkable performances of the women athletes are as follows:

»     Signal woman Perera KLSK (11 SLSC) - 1^st place Pole Vault
»     Signal woman De Silva DTA (2(v) SLSC) - 1^st place in 100m Women.
»     Signal woman Abeyrathne ATMSK (2(v) SLSC) - 3^rd place in 400m Women hurdles.
»     Signal woman Kumarasinghe KWGBMS (2(v) SLSC)- 2^nd place in 400 m Women.
»     Recruit Safiya MYF (2(v) SLSC) - 3^rd place in 100m Women 2nd place in 200m Women .
»     Signal woman Sewwandi SPS (2(v) SLSC) - 5^th place in Javelin.