BUDAPEST, Hungary, November 12, 2025 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s number one ranked swimmer in FINA points, Ramudi Samarakoon, who is training in Hungary on a World Aquatics Scholarship, broke an 18-year-old Sri Lankan women’s 200m breaststroke short course national record at the Hungarian Short Course Swimming Championships. The 23-year-old, a multiple national champion in Sri…
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COLOMBO, Nov 8, 2025 (ePRESS) – Jayden de Silva of Stafford International School created a splash on Day 1 of the 30th Inter-International School Swimming Championship (IISSC) 2025 by breaking a 10-year-old Boys Under-16 100m Backstroke meet record and setting another in the 50m Butterfly. The championship, organized by Asian International School, began at the…
COLOMBO, November 1, 2025 (ePRESS) – With drowning incidents among schoolchildren on the rise, Sri Lanka Life Saving (SLLS) has renewed its urgent call for the full implementation of the Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations – Sri Lanka (GSPO–SL), describing it as the country’s most vital step toward saving young lives. The GSPO–SL, developed in…
Ahmedabad, India, October 6 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s teenage artistic swimmer Venuki Wijesena delivered a landmark performance at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championship held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, India, finishing fifth in the Women’s Solo Free Final — the best-ever result achieved by a Sri Lankan in the event’s history. The 16-year-old’s…
AHMEDABAD, India, October 4 (ePRESS) — Sri Lanka’s sixteen-year-old Venuki Wijesena made history for the country by finishing fifth in Asia in the Women’s Solo Technical Final at the ongoing 11th Asian Aquatics Championship 2025, held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, India. Wijesena, the only artistic swimmer representing Sri Lanka at this…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 4 (ePRESS) – Olympian Kyle Abeysinghe and World Aquatic Scholar Ramudi Samarakoon have been named the top swimmers in the newly announced Sri Lanka national squads, underlining their dominance in the pool as the country looks ahead to another big international season. The National Sports Selection Committee, chaired by Olympian Sriyani…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug 26 (ePRESS) – The Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA) has expressed deep appreciation to the United Kingdom for extending liberalized Rules of Origin and zero-tariff access to Sri Lankan exports under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). In a letter signed by FTZMA Chairman Dhammika Fernando and Secretary General M.H.Z.M….
OTOPENI, Romania, August 24, 2025 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s young swimming star MF Muhammad produced the best race of his career when he swam a stunning 29.59 seconds in the men’s 50m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championship in Otopeni, Romania on Saturday. The 18-year-old came within touching distance of history, missing Kiran…
OTOPENI, Romania, August 22, 2025 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s emerging MF Muhammad delivered a landmark swim at the World Aquatic Junior Swimming Championships in Romania, shattering the men’s 200m breaststroke national record with a brilliant performance on the fourth day of the competition in Romania. The 17-year-old, regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the…
SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s aquatic community was left stunned today as veteran diver Chanaka Wickramasinghe clinched a historic silver medal at the World Aquatic Masters Championship in Singapore, becoming not only the first Sri Lankan diver to compete in the Masters but also the first to win a medal at the world…