Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Lucas in TT news once again

- By Lakshman Ranasinghe

Dr. Gerard Nimal Lucas the sole participan­t from Sri Lanka won Gold at the Forza Internatio­nal Veterans Cup Table Tennis Tournament held at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Taleigao, Goa, India.

This former Sri Lankan Table Tennis prodigy yet again proved that the age is no barrier to the game that he loved and continued to keep the Lion Flag flying internatio­nally in TT.

Playing in the over-70 Men’s Team Event, Dr. Lucas, partnered by two Indian players ( Dr. Sainath Iyer and Najmi Kinkhabwal­a) won Gold Medals. In the Team Event Dr. Lucas was unbeaten in both the Singles and Doubles part- nered by Najmi Kinkhabwal­a.

In the over-70 Men’s Singles Event, Dr. Lucas reached the final and lost to a Russian Player, Zakris Khandadia in an enthrallin­g five setter, the final scores being 11- 7, 13- 11, 7-11, 6-11, 11-13. In the Singles Events, instead of medals, trophies were awarded.

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