USA-based Sri Lankan athlete Ushan Thiwanka Perera has set a new South Asian and Sri Lankan high jump record at the 2021 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, in Texas. The 23-year-old, who represents Texas A&M University-Commerce, set the record with a jump of 2.30 meters to place first in the Men’s High Jump event at the outdoor championships. In March this year, Thiwanka had broken the long-standing Sri Lanka high jump record of 2.27m which was set by Manjula Kumara Wijesekera in 2004 and equaled in 2005. He had also previously set a new Sri Lanka indoor high jump record of 2.26m. — Lone Star Conference (@LoneStarConf) May 8, 2021RELATED: Ushan Thiwanka sets new record in High Jump

Source: The Nation May 09, 2021 04:52 UTC