Susanthika wins second gold

ATHLETICS: Susanthika Jayasinghe won the women’s 200m on Saturday to win a double at the 17th Asian Athleics Championships now in progress in Lebanon. On Thursday she came up with a fine performance to win the 100m clocking 11.19 secs.

To win the 200m she needed only 22.99 secs. Her compatriat Sujani Buddhika finished the event behind Susanthika clocking 23.28 secs. while Vietnamese girl Vu Thi Huong who was a close second in the 100m had to satisfy with the third place in this event behind Sri Lankan duo. Her timing for the event was 23.30secs.

Meanwhile Sri Lanka’s middle distance runner Suresh Abenayake runing in the final of the 800m finished as the fifth clocking i:56.27secs.

The winner in this event was Saudi Arabia’s M. Obad A. Al-Salhi hewas able to complete the race in a time of 1:51.73secs. He was followed by Iranian Sajad Moradi and host country’s Abubaker Ali Kamal. They clocked 1:52.22 and 1:52.88secs. respectively.

WOMEN 200M FINAL

1. Susanthia Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 22.99s

2. Sujani Buddhika (Sri Lanka) 23.28s

3. Vu Thi Huong (Vietnam) 23.30s

4. Yingting Zou (China) 23.48s

5.Tasslakia Gretta (Lebanon) 24.33s

MEN 800M FINAL

1. M.Obad A. Al-Salhi (Saudi Arabia) 1:51.73s

2. Sajad Moradi (Iran) 1:52.22s

3. Abubaker Ali Kamal (Qatar) 1:52.88s

4. Ali Saad A. Al-Deraan (Saudi Arabia) 1:53.50s

5. Rajeev Ramesan (India) 1:55.16s

6. Suresh Abeynayake (Sri Lanka) 1:56.27s