Sri Lankan athlete Sarangi de Silva won a gold medal in the long jump event at the Athletic Ageneve Meeting 2022 at the Bout- de- Monde Stadium in Geneva, Switzerland. She recorded a distance of 6.33 meters in that event.
In the sharp-edged long jump event, Munas Rosia of Chile finished second with a distance of 6.28 meters.
In addition to representing Sri Lanka at the World Athletics Championships, Sumedha Ranasinghe also competed in the javelin throw and Kalinga Kumara in the 400m. However, except for Sarangi, all the other players could not enter the fray.
Javelin throw champion Sumedha Ranasinghe placed fourth while Kalinga Kumara placed sixth in the 400m event. Gayantika Abeyratne, who represented India in the 800 meters, placed ninth in the event.
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