Tharushi Karunarathne came into the limelight at the All Island Schools Games held in November 2019 at the Sugathadasa Stadium with a stunning display of middle-distance running representing Walala CentralChampion athlete Tharushi Karunarathne has been felicitated by leading poultry group in the country Crysbro recently for Karunarathne’s qualification into 800 metres in the highly competitive World Athletics Under-20 Championship, better known as the World Junior Championship. Tharushi Karunarathne qualified for the World Junior Championship by winning second place in the Senior Nationals, where she displayed a record time of 2.07 minutes. There she recorded the sixth position of the world and the first in Asia, in the U-18 age group category. The World Athletics U20 Championships will be held in August in Nairobi, Kenya. The benefits of scholarship“Our hope is that, as a vivacious young athlete, Tharushi will inspire a generation of young Sri Lankans to follow in her footsteps.

Source: The Nation May 28, 2021 21:02 UTC