As Sri Lanka looks ahead to the ‘Paris 2024’ Olympics, a key athlete for the island nation in this year’s Olympic Games Tharushi Karunaratne is set to take part in her first heats of women’s 800m event today (02).
The heat 06 of the preliminary round of the event, in which Karunaratne takes part, will commence at 12.00 midnight (IST) today (02).
Among the athletes who qualified for the women’s 800m event at this year’s Paris Olympics, only three other athletes besides Tharushi represent the Asian region. They will compete to represent Palestine, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Tharushi Karunaratne will race with athletes from Lithuania, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, the United States, Jamaica and Kenya in the preliminary round.
The 19-year-old is also the Asian record holder of the event and the Gold Medalist at the 2023 Asian Games.
