Asian Games : SL’s Tharushi Karunarathna secures Gold

October 4, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Sri Lanka has secured a gold medal in the 2023 Asian Games in China, with athlete Tharushi Karunarathna emerging victorious in the women’s 800m event.

Karunarathna clinched the gold medal clocking a time of 2:03.20 in the women’s 800m event.

This is Sri Lanka’s first gold medal in the Asian Games athletics category since 2002. (NewsWire)