Rumesh Tharanga Returns with Commonwealth Javelin Gold
Rumesh Tharanga returned to Sri Lanka after winning Commonwealth Games javelin gold with a throw of 89.75 metres in Scotland.
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Sri Lankan javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga returned to the country on 4 August after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
Tharanga recorded a throw of 89.75 metres at Scotstoun Stadium to secure the men’s title, according to the Government Information Department’s account of his return.
The report described the victory as Sri Lanka’s first Commonwealth athletics gold in twenty years. His performance gave the country a major result in the field events programme and brought international attention to its javelin contingent.
Source: news.lk
