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Susanthika Jayasinghe’s 24-year Asian Games record broken
Sri Lankan sprint legend Susanthika Jayasinghe's 24-year-old Asian Games record in the women's 100 metres was broken yesterday, with Chi
Summary
Chen clocked 11.06 seconds in the final, surpassing Jayasinghe's long-standing record of 11.15 seconds set at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, which had remained unbeaten since. Kumarage booked his place in the final after clocking 45.74 seconds to finish third in his heat and eighth overall. Fellow Sri Lankan runner Kalhara Idupa clocked 46.53 seconds, finishing fifth in his heat and 15th overall.
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People
- Susanthika Jayasinghe2
- Chen Yujie2
- Kalinga Kumarage
- Kalhara Idupa
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- Sri Lanka2
- China2
- South Korea
- Nagoya
- Busan
- Japan
Keywords
- broken2
- metres2
- record2
- asian2
- games2
- year2
- seconds
- sprint
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