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Throwers led team likely for Asian Athletics Championship

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April 22, 2025

With their record breaking throws delivered in March, Sumeda Ranasinghe and Rumesh Tharanga will be the selectors' easiest picks in the Sri Lanka team for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships.

- BY REEMUS FERNANDO

Throwers led team likely for Asian Athletics Championship

The bienniale championship will be held from May 27 to 31 in Gumi, South Korea. Unlike at the previous editions Sri Lanka's javelin throwers are in uncharted territory. The massive early season throws have placed the two Sri Lankan throwers in the second and thrid places in the world's top list this year behind USA's Curtis Thompson. In the fourth position in that list is India's Olympic medallist Niraj Chopra who has a throw of 84.52 as his best effort this year.

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