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6 cze 2017 · Sinhala. “පොල් අතු පැලෙන් ලෝකය ජය ගත්තා” – සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ. By. Udara Asanka. - 06/06/2017. 5775. “ආසියාවේ කළු කෙල්ල” යන විරුදාවලිය ලත් සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ, දියගම මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ක්රීඩාංගණයේ දී පසුගිය දා අවසන් වූ මලල ක්රීඩා තේරීම් තරගාවලියට සහභාගී වූ අතර එහි දී ThePapare.com සමඟින් මෙසේ වර්තමාන මලල ක්රීඩාව ගැන කතා කළාය.
She has represented Sri Lanka at the Olympics on three occasions in 1996, 2000 and 2008. She is considered one of the most decorated sprinters in Sri Lanka. However, she is also a deemed as a controversial figure in Sri Lanka.
3 paź 2021 · Fear was a mere word for Sri Lanka’s most successful and decorated sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, until she and her entire family was tested positive for COVID-19 on September 13. During her career which spanned from 1994 to 2009, the ‘Asian Black Mare’ came no close of encountering fear or panic.
11 maj 2021 · The Teacher-in-Charge of Sports at her school, Indra Padmini Perera soon realised that Susanthika had an extraordinary physical strength compared to other girls and laid the foundation to improve her athletics career. Thereafter, Susanthika received further guidance from Sports Instructor Chithra Mallika.
9 sie 2021 · She was the second Sri Lankan to win an Olympic medal and the first Asian to win an Olympic or world championship medal in a sprint event. But she is an exceptional individual. Olympic medal. Why is Susanthika Jayasinghe exceptional? It is because no athlete here in Sri Lanka can be compared with her.
Born on December 17, 1975, Susanthika Jayasinghe’s name is etched proudly in the Sri Lankan history books for her silver medal at the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney, quenching the country’s thirst after 52 years of a desperate drought since the great Duncan White brought home a silver at 1948 Olympics.
22 cze 2021 · Susanthika Jayasinghe is the only Sri Lankan, after Duncan White in 1948, to have won an Olympic Medal. This she achieved by winning the Silver Medal in the women’s 200 meters event at the Sydney Olympic Games in the year 2000.
