2 October 2023 07:47 pm
Sri Lanka’s disappointing returns at the Asian Games continued with the Mixed 4x400m relay team being disqualified for a lane infringement after initially bagging a Silver medal.
Sri Lanka's team, comprising Anura Darshana, Nadeesha Ramanayake, Kalinga Kuamrage and Tharushi Dissanayake clocked a time of 3 minutes 14.25 seconds but were subsequently disqualified after it emerged that Darshana, running the first lap in lane three, had crossed into lane two when exchanging the baton.
Bahrain took gold with a time of 3 minutes 14.02 seconds, while Kazakhstan, who finished fourth with a season's best time of 3 minutes 24.85 seconds were upgraded to Bronze.