COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 15, 2025 (ePRESS) – Asian International School’s (AIS) top swimmer, Christina Perumal, has brought glory to her alma mater after being named among just five female swimmers selected to represent Sri Lanka at the prestigious World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships, to be held from August 19 to 24 at the Otopeni Sports…
Category Archives: Aquatic
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 7, 2025 (ePRESS) – In a thrilling start to the 49th Sri Lanka National and Junior National Aquatic Championship 2025, two of the country’s finest female swimmers, Minagi Rupesinghe and Ramudi Samarakoon of Killer Whale Aquatics (KWA), set the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex alight with record-breaking performances that left the crowd…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 24 (ePRESS) – The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) will conduct crucial selection trials this weekend to pick the men’s and women’s national water polo teams for the 11th Asian Aquatics Championship 2025 to be held in Ahmedabad, India from October 4 to 10. The trials will be held on July…
MOUNT LAVINIA: (ePRESS) – The Mount Lavinia Two-Mile Sea Swim, one of the world’s oldest open-water competitions, will return for its 86th edition on March 8 and 9. Organized by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) and hosted by Mount Lavinia Hotel, the event is set to attract nearly 1,000 swimmers from across the island….
MOUNT LAVINIA: (ePRESS) – Musaeus College secured the coveted title at the 73rd National Lifesaving Championship for the second consecutive year, cementing their dominance in the sport. The championship, organized by Sri Lanka Lifesaving, concluded on Saturday evening at the Lifesaving Centre at Mount Lavinia Beach, with Musaeus College finishing top of the heap with a…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – At the 2024 Junior National Short Course Swimming Championship, S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia’s swimming prodigy, Dewvin Malawara Arachchi, stole the spotlight with an exceptional performance. The 14-year-old claimed four gold medals and a silver medal, setting a new junior national record in the process. His 23 points earned him the runner-up spot…
BUDAPEST, Hungary: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s breaststroke national record holder, Ramudi Samarakoon, delivered an impressive performance at the 2024-2025 Hungarian University and College National Long Course Swimming Championship, securing both a gold and a silver medal. Samarakoon, who is currently studying and training in Budapest under the prestigious FINA Scholarship, won the gold in the 10x50m…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Jayden de Silva, a 14-year-old rising star in Sri Lankan swimming, swimmer from Stafford International School became the first-ever junior national swimmer in Sri Lanka to swim the 100m Butterfly event in under one minute, setting a new national record in the process at the National and Junior National Short Course Swimming Championships…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Megumi Kularathna, a 12-year-old swimmer from Ghefari Dulapandan Swim School (GDSC), has made a historic entry into the Sri Lanka National Swimming Squad, becoming the youngest swimmer to be selected. Her remarkable achievement follows her record-breaking performance at the recent National and Junior National Short Course Swimming Nationals, where she became the…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – In the blistering heat of Colombo, where champions rise above the rest, a Dubai-based prodigy rewrote the history of Sri Lankan swimming. Julie Daniella Hope, representing Cyclone Aquatics, delivered a performance of unparalleled dominance at the Sri Lanka National and Junior National Short Course Swimming Championship 2024. With five gold medals, four…