Sri Lanka, Aug. 7 -- Sri Lanka's reigning short course national champion Minagi Rupesinghe and World Aquatics scholar Ramudi Samarakoon, both representing Killer Whale Aquatics (KWA), broke national records in the 400m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke respectively on the opening day of the 49th Sri Lanka National and Junior National Aquatic Championship 2025, held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex in Colombo yesterday.

Nineteen-year-old Rupesinghe, fresh from her impressive performance at the World Aquatics Championship in Singapore, where she became the fastest female swimmer in South Asia (100m and 200m Backstroke), won the gold medal in the 400m Freestyle final with a time of 4:34.34, breaking the 11-year-old national record by s...