Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- A special ceremony was held to commemorate 20th anniversary of Susanthika Jayasinghe's Olympic silver medal victory at the Susanthika's first school, Uduwaka Kanishta Vidyalaya in Warakapola Athinawala Village. Susanthika won the 200m silver medal in 2000 Sydney Olympics. Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and State Minister Thenuka Widhanagamage were present at this ceremony.

The Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa said this is the best occasion to start rural school sport development and State Minister Thenuka Widhanagamage has started his duties with the construction of Udukawa Kanishta Vidyalaya ground and also promised to give functional training centre (Gymnasium) which also can use for students as well as village peo...