30 April, 2023
Sri Lanka’s medal winners Shaylon Gunaratne (right) and Rovinya Wijesekera (entre) in Thailand
Sri Lanka oarsmen brought honour to the country by winning the first gold medal in an Asian Circuit held in Thailand yesterday.
The first gold medal was won in the morning by Shaylon Gunaratna in the men’s single scull event. This is considered a great achievement in the Asian circuit at the AJCRC in Thailand against heavyweights in rowing.
Later in the afternoon Sri Lanka won a bronze medal in the double scull event. The rowers were Shaylon Gunaratne and Rovinya Wijesekera in the double scull event.
The previous medal won at Asian level was a bronze medal in the women’s quad at the Asia Cup meet in 2019.