Tharushi Abhishekha won Sri Lanka's first gold medal at the Asian Under-20 Youth Athletics Championships.
18-year-old Podi Tharushi, also known as Tharushi Abhishekha, won the gold medal in the women's 1500m event in the championships that began yesterday at the Kai Tak Youth Stadium in Hong Kong, clocking 4 minutes, 31.41 seconds.
This is Sri Lanka's first gold medal in the 1500m at the Asian Athletics U20 Championships and the 10th gold medal won by Sri Lanka in the history of the competition. Iranian athlete Maryam Ahmadi won the silver medal in 4:33.35m, while Korean athlete Song Da-won won the bronze medal in 4:35.42m
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