Sri Lanka, May 28 -- Sri Lanka secured a bronze medal in the 4x400m Mixed Relay event at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships currently being held in South Korea.

The Lankan quartet of Sadew Vimansa Rajakaruna, Lakshima Mendis, Kalinga Kumarage and Harshani Fernando finished the final in third place after clocking a time of 3 minutes 21.95 seconds.

India won the gold medal in the event while China secured the silver.

Although it was announced that China and Sri Lanka were disqualified for lane infringements, following an appeal by respective athletics federations, the medals were reinstated.

Earlier, Kalinga Kumarage secured the bronze medal in the Men's 400m event at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships.

Kumarage clocked a seaso...