45th National Sports Festival Avishka, Ishara claim cycling titles

By Susil Premalal reporting from Anuradhapura

Avishka Madonza from the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Ishara Ranasinghe from Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club clinched the Men’s and Women’s title respectively at the National Sports Festival (NSF) Racing Cycling events worked off in Anuradhapura yesterday.

Madonza returned a time of two hours, 38 minutes and 54 seconds to complete the course of 110.6km while Ishara clocked one hour, 33 minutes and 27 seconds to finish the course of 45km.   

Results

Men’s Racing 
(Seven laps - 110.6km)    
1, Avishka Madonza (SLPA – Western Province) 2h 38m 53s.
2, Malintha Sandaruwan (Army – North Western Province) 2h 38m 53s.
3, Prabash Madusanka (Navy – Western Province) 2h 38m 53s.
4, Chamod de Silva (SLPA – Western Province) 2h 38m 53s.
5, Tharindu Sandaruwan (Unattached – Southern Province) 2h 38m 53s
Women’s Racing 
(three laps - 45km)
1, Ishara Ranasinghe (Air Force – North Central Province) 1h 33m 27s.
2, Niroshani Perera (Air Force – North Western Province) 1h 33m 27s.
3, Akasha Wijesuriya (Army – Western Province) 1h 33m 27s.
4, Nimesha Wijesinghe (Unattached – Uva Province) 1h 33m 27s.
5, Sandya Kumari (Civil Security Service – Western Province) 1h 33m 27s.