Laser Run City Tour ends successfully

The 2nd edition of the Laser Run City Tour - Sri Lanka, was successfully concluded at Independence Square, Colombo, with over 200 athletes taking part in the elite, Under (U)-19, U-15 and U-11 age groups.

Athletes from Georgia, France, India, Russia, Nigeria, the Great Britain, Egypt and Sri Lanka took part the games.

Meanwhile the following Lankans athletes have come into the world rankings of the sport.

They are (Senior women) Anuruddika Gunathilaka (Air Force), Kumari Dasanayake (Air Force), Malkanthi Mudalige (Air Force) and their respective world rankings are -- 5,6 and 7.

(Senior men) A.S. Nilaweera (Air Force), Chaminda Priyadarshana (Air Force), Suranga Nuwankumara (Navy) and Lakmal Perera (Army). Their respective world rankings are -- 9,10,11 and 12.

It was heartening to see children from rural schools and from leading schools in Colombo taking part together. Twenty-four medals in three age groups and an Elite category were awarded. Final results of Elite International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) category will be sent for World ranking. So far local athletes have been entered into the world ranking list and will be accumulated their points by adding this event results. This time too there was a huge response to the call for volunteers, from different strata of society. This augurs well for spreading the news about modern pentathlon in the event. Two Universities -University of Moratuwa and the University of Sri Jayawardenapuratook part in the event, not only by having athletes taking part, but also having stalls at the event to educate athletes and spectators about scientific approaches to sports attire, Biological Measurements, Health and Training tips. Modern Pentathlon -- combination of five different events constitutes the most demanding sport of the Olympic Games. Pentathletes competed in the following 5e disciplines- Fencing, Swimming, Riding and a combined event of Shooting & Running.

This Sport is now being introduced to Sri Lanka by the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sri Lanka (MPFSL), which is affiliated to the UIPM and the Asian Modern Pentathlon Confederation (AMPC)

The UIPM Laser Run is the new sporting category of the UIPM started in 2015, combining by laser, shooting and running, and launched the first edition of the Laser Run City Tour worldwide in 2017.

Sri Lanka, as one of the host countries, holds the UIPM Laser Run City Tour , and it is listed under the UIPM International calendar, which is fully supported by UIPM. T.G.H.N. Jinadasa (Dharmaraja College, Kandy) H.L.S. Bandara (Kadugannawa National School) Y. Amarasooriya (Nalanda College Colombo) and S. Senanayaka (Trinity College)

Under-20 49-52Kg

M.M.A. Ahamed (Royal College, Colombo) W.D.P. Ireshan (Vidyarathana University College, Horana) T.A.R.M. Kumara (Kingswood College, Kandy) and M. Saminjan (Vavuniya Tamil MMV)

Under-20 52-56Kg

U.N.B. Neranjana (Royal College, Colombo) S.G.A.D. Jayarathne (Dharmaraja College, Kandy)