Sri Lankan sprinters set new relay SAG record

Colombo (News 1st) - It was a Golden Day for Sri Lanka at the 13th Edition of the South Asian Games as both the men's and women's 4 X 100 Metres relay team won gold. The Men's 4 X 100 Metres relay team clocked a new games record of 39.14 seconds and was represented by Himasha Eshan, Chamod Mihansa, Vinoj Suranjaya & Yupun Priyadarshana. They broke the previous record of 39.40 seconds. The Women`s 4 X 100 Metres relay team clocked 44.89 seconds and was represented by Lakshika Sugandi, Sarangi Lakshini, Sadeepa Henderson & Amasha de Silva. In addition, Nilani Rathnayake won her 2nd Gold of the Championship when she won the 5000M this morning.