Sri Lanka 2nd at Asian Games 2016
In the Asian Games (SAF)2016 that is been conducted in Asam state in India at the end of day six on the 10th instant Sri Lanka have secured the second place behind India.Sri Lanka Had secured 24 gold medals, 46 silver medals and 63 bronze medals. Altogether Sri Lanka had
up the end of the sixth day won 133 medals.
up the end of the sixth day won 133 medals.
On the sixth day Sri Lankan team members had won 07 gold medals.Out of these 07 gold medals 04 were for athletics and 03 were for swimming.
Indunil Herath had won the gold for 800 metres men while MHI Sandaruwan had won the pole vault event for men. Sri Lanka also had won both the 100x4 relay for men and women.
On this 06th day swimmer Angelow Abeysinghe had won the 100 metres free style for men and 200 metres open styles, thus had won two gold medals. With these two gold medals Angelow Abeysinghe had been able to increase his tally of gold medals to 07 which is the highest any Sri Lankan swimmer had won since Julian Bolling's feat in 1991.
In the women's 100 metres free style event was won by Kimiko Rahim thus bringing her tally of gold medals to 05.
India leads the medals tally with 117 gold metals,61 silver medals and 16 bronze medals while Pakistan with 07 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 32 bronze medals are in third position in the tally of medals.