11th May 2021 22:05:15 Hours
The US-based Sri Lankan athlete, Private H. T. Ushan Thiwanka Perera of the Si Lanka Army Service Corps a few days ago set a new South Asian and Sri Lankan High Jump record at the 2021 Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held in Texas.
Private Ushan Thiwanka Perera representing 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 among outdoor championships.
In this way, he renewed his own personal record as well as the Sri Lankan national record. He also surpassed South Asian record of 2.21m. With this achievement, he also edged closer to the Olympic qualification criteria of 2.33 m and also moved to the Top 3 rankings among high jumpers at international level.
By considering his talents, it was General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army who granted financial incentives recently to the high jumper at the request of Major General Harendra Ranasinghe, Chairman, Army Athletics Committee and Commander Security Forces-Kilinochchi to proceed to the US for further training.
