Sri Lankan athlete Tharushi Karunarathna today (04) won the Gold medal in the Women’s 800m event at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, China.
The 19-year-old clocked a time of 2.03.20 minutes to clinch the Gold.
The Silver and Bronze medals were won by India and China respectively.
This is Sri Lanka’s first Gold medal in athletics at an Asian Games since 2002.
Earlier, the Sri Lankan sprinter also set an Asian record and a national record at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand, finishing the event with a time of 2:00:06
