COLOMBO (News 1st); South Asia’s fastest runner, Yupun Abeykoon placed 6th in the 3rd heat at the Men’s 100m event at Tokyo Olympics today (31).

Abeykoon clocked at 10.32 seconds, however was not qualified for the next round at the Olympics.

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