The marathon athletes who received sponsorships from Nestle. From left: W.M.S. Kumara, Muththusami Sivarajan, Tissa Gunasekara, Velu Krishanthani, Madhushani Herath and Samanthika Dilhani with Madura Perera (coach), Amal Edirisooriya (Director General, Department of Sports), Anuradha Wijekoon (Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports), Ruwan Welikala (Vice President, Ambient Dairy, Nestlé Lanka PLC), Sugath Sajeewa (Senior Manager, Sponsorships & Activations, Nestlé Lanka PLC) and Sajith Jayalal (Director, National Institute of Sports Science)
Nestlé Lanka’s flagship brand, Nestomalt, presented sponsorships to six national marathon champions at an event held recently.
Nestomalt offered financial assistance, athletic training kits and a year’s worth of Nestomalt to help power the progress of the marathon race winners of the 46th National Sports Festival held in March 2021.
“For over 35 years, Nestomalt has been part of Sri Lanka’s biggest marathons, with the purpose of powering talented athletes, their ambitions and creating platforms to showcase their skills at national and international level.
“In these turbulent times, we are glad to sponsor six of Sri Lanka’s marathon champions, to help them to be 100% ready in mind and body for upcoming competitions.
“We hope our support would encourage more young athletes to continue their training and have successful careers in the marathon sport”, said Ruwan Welikala, vice president - Dairy, Nestlé Lanka.