Athletes of national and international standard who are studying at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura are to receive better facilities to train on at the Campus premises in the near future.
This is due to the decision taken by the Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa to modify the sports infrastructure at the campus to help these students who are studying to obtain the sports degree. The State Minister for Rural and Schools Infrastructure development Thenuka Vidhanagamage and his Secretary Ravindra Samarawickrama and Coordinating Secretaries of the Sports Minister Ronnie Ibrahim and Sanjeewa Wijeratne recently visited the University to inspect the facilities.
They held discussions with the University officials, athletes and representatives of the students to obtain knowledge about the requirements.
The areas that need urgent attention were the reconstruction of the playground, modification of the gymnasium and a new stadium. Sri Lanka javelin throw champion Sumedha Ranasinghe the undergraduate from this University, who took part at the Rio Olympics will once again try to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. (DR)