Mithunraj gets 3rd gold; 2 new games records

Kumar Mithunraj bagged his 3^rd gold while two new games records were set on day 3 of the 63^rd Junior National Athletic Championship 2023 at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium.

Mithunraj, the boy from Hartley College Jaffna, secured his 3^rd gold winning the Hammer Throw event with a distance of 38.91m. Day’s 1^st record was set by Nithinsa Mandani from Yatiyana Central College in the women’s U23 hammer throw event. She achieved a distance of 40m. Incidentally she holds the U20 record too, which was set in 2022 (37.47m).

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Also, in the hammer throw U18 girls’ event Yuthara Linduli Jayaweera from Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda set a new record of 36.79m. In the 10,000m U20 boys’ category Suman Keeran from Mulankavil National School, Kilinochchi won with a timing of 35:35.92mins. In the U23 boys’ category M.S.A. Fernando from Colombo District won with a timing of 33:29.62mins.

In the women’s U20 long jump event Madushani Herath from Nannapurawa MV, Bibile equaled the games record with a jump of 6.06m. She equaled the record set by Anoma Sooriyaarachchi (Southland BV, Galle) in 1998.

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