Yupun Renews South Asian Sprint Record
World Athletic Continental Tour Challenger Category D Resisprint International Athletic Championship 2022 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
100 M Men’s – Final – Yupun Abeykoon – Sri Lanka 9.96 sec – Personal Best
The best sprinter from the island nation is the first to run the distance under 10 seconds. He now holds the Sri Lanka & South Asian records, having improved the timings on several occasions during the recent past. This is also the 04th best performance ever, over the 100 m in Asia.
My memory of Sriyantha Dissanayake, Chinthaka De Soyza, Shehan Ambepitiya, Himasha Eshan & now Yupun Abeykoon, great achievers all amongst so many others, who have toiled to bring glory to Mother Lanka.
Congratulations ! Yupun. Wish you all the Best for Birmingham 2022, everything else in between, Paris 2024 & beyond.
Video courtesy Gamini Perera
Video – Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon becomes the first South Asian to break the 10-second barrier after completing the 100m event in 9.96s at the Resisprint International event in Switzerland.
Congratulations 🙏pic.twitter.com/qVBcTr3fGJ #LKA #SriLanka #Yupun— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) July 3, 2022
