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Gayanthika set for Asian Bronze as Gomathi banned for doping

15 Jun 2020 By Thanuka Local
Gayanthika set for Asian Bronze as Gomathi banned for doping

Sri Lanka’s top middle distance runner Gayanthika Abeyratne’s fourth-placed performance in the 800 metres event at last year’s Asian Championship is set to be upgraded to a Bronze Medal after India’s Gomathi Marimuthu was stripped off her Gold Medalwhen she testedpositive for banned substances. The 33-year-old runner from Sooriyawewaclocked two minute 05:74 secondsin the Women’s 800 metres final of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship which was worked off in April, last year in Doha, Qatar.

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