The Sri Lankan team, which won medals in athletics at the 6th Asian Beach Games being held in Sanya, China, returned to the country the night before yesterday.
Sri Lanka won a silver medal and three bronze medals in athletics at the Games, with Ishara Samanmali winning the silver medal in the long jump. Shashikala Lankathilaka, Jayathra Sampath Miranda and the men's relay team won bronze medals.
The team was welcomed by a group of dignitaries including Director General of Sports S. Achuthan, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee Rifdi Phammy, Chairman of the Athletics Commission and Olympian Niluka Karunaratne.
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