Sri Lanka, Oct. 29 -- Sri Lanka's boys' medley relay team cliched the silver medal in a dramatic tape finish at the Asian Youth Games held in Bahrain. Sri Lanka team finished with a time of 1.52.82seconds. With this silver medal Sri Lanka has recorded their best-ever medal haul in the history of the Asian Youth Games, with a total of six medals in athletics. Nirudaka Vishal, Bingumina Adithya, Chamindu Sathsara and Shanuka Costa are the silver medal winning medley relay team members.

Sri Lankan Lahiru Achintha created history with first ever gold in this games winning 1500m gold with a time of 3:57.42 seconds which was a new games record.

Earlier Dilini Rajapaksa of Lyceum International School, Wattala, leapt 12.31m to win bronze in the...