Shehan qualifies for 200m semis

Manju enters quarter finals:

Chinthana WASALA reporting from New Delhi

Sri Lanka's Shehan Ambepitiya had one of his best days here at New Delhi, going beyond the barrier of his personal bests twice. Shehan who had his personal best time as 21.19 seconds before the Delhi Games, bettered it quite easily in the first round of the men's 200m at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium clocking 21.17 seconds. Doing his best on a good track that has already produced several games records, Shehan bettered the 21.17 second performance with a new personal best of 21.12 seconds and was placed third in the quarter finals to qualify for today's semi-finals.

N.C.D. Priyadarshani qualified for the finals of the women's long jump with a clearance of 6.11 meters and will be in contest with 11 others in the finals to be held today evening.

Manjula Kumara too could not achieve what he expected and had to be satisfied with the ninth position. He cleared 2.15 meters but failed in all three of his attempts to clear 2.20 metres.

The Sri Lankan paddlers had mixed fortunes at the Yamuna Sports Complex. Dinesh Deshapriya had an easy 4-0 win over South Africa's Itumeleng Molahole (11/09, 11/09, 11/08, 11/07) in a mens preliminary round match. Rohan Sirisena too had it easy over the St. Vincent and the Grenadint 4-1. Nirmala Buwaneka Jayasinghe too found it easy over Vanuatu's Lulu Ham when she defeated her 4-0. Although the other two Lankan women, Nuwani Navodya (0-4) and Ishara Madurangi (1-4) lost to English and Malaysian respectively.

Lankan shuttlers having a good time

At the Siri Fort Sports Complex, the Lankan shuttlers had a good time. In the round of 64, Chandrika de Silva beat Jamaica's Christine Dennis 21-5, 21-7, Subodha Dahanayake beat Kenyan Anita Bhusuru (walk over after the first round) and Lasitha Menaka beat Kenyan Victor Munga 21-11, 21-11. Dinuka Karunarathne was also successful to beat Mauritius' Michael Stephan 21-15, 21-11.

Results

Men's singles - 1st rd: Martyn Lewis (WAL) bt Eli Mambwe (ZAM) 21-19, 21-16, Garron Palmer (JAM) bt James Eunson (NZL) 7-21, 21-10, 21-19, Kieran Merrilees (SCO) bt Georgie Cupidon (SEY) 21-8, 21-9, Edicha Ocholi (NGR) bt Solomon Nyarko (GHA) 21-19, 17-21, 21-10, Mohammed Nashfari (MDV) bt Douglas Clark (FAI) 21-15, 11-21, 21-14, Gareth Henry (JAM) bt Steve Malcouzane (SEY) 21-19, 21-19, Kashyap Parupalli (IND x6) bt Michael Brownlee (FAI) 21-8, 21-3, Patrick Ruto (KEN) bt Daniel Aryee (GHA) 21-15, 21-14, Tony Stephenson (NIR) bt Dakeil Thorpe (BAR) 21-8, 21-17, Charles Pyne (JAM) bt Joe Wu (NZL) 21-18, 21-18, Dinuka Karunaratna (SRI) bt Jacques Beeharry (MRI) 21-15, 21-11, Lasitha Karunathilika (SRI) bt Victor Munga (KEN) 21-11, 21-11.

Women's singles -

1st rd: Eileen Foo Kune (MRI) bt Laura Minto (FAI) 21-2, 21-6, Subodha Yapa Dahanayake (SRI) bt Anitah Alube (KEN) 21-9, 5-2 retd., Caroline Black (NIR) bt Theresa Tetteh (GHA) 21-10, 21-17, Michelle Li (CAN) bt Alya Lewis (JAM) 21-9, 21-13, Jocelyn Ko (CAN) bt Kimberley Clague (IOM) 21-11, 21-16, Alex Bruce (CAN) bt Margaret Nankabirwa (UGA) 21-14, 21-15, Sinead Chambers (NIR) bt Bridget Bangi (UGA) 21-5, 21-17, Chandrika Hettiarachchige (SRI) bt Christine Leyow-Mayne (JAM) 21-5, 21-7,

Boxing

Sri Lanka's national champion Manju Wanniarachchi produced a splendid performance to clear his third round hurdle in the Commonwealth Games boxing championships at the Javaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India yesterday.

The seasoned campaigner lived upto the expectations and had the better of his opponent from Seaschels Andrique Allisop on points to enter the quarter finals of this event.

Results

Quarter-finals

Light flyweight 49kg Jafet Uutoni (NAM) bt Jason Lavigilante (MRI) - points Muhammad Waseem (PAK) bt Duke Micah (GHA) - points Paddy Barnes (NIR) bt Andrew Moloney (AUS) - points Amandeep Singh (IND) Muhamad Fuad (MAS) - points

Flyweight 52kg

Benson Njangiru (KEN) bt Dexter Jordon (GUY) - points Oteng Oteng (BOT) bt Jason Moloney (AUS) - points Suranjoy Mayengbam (IND) bt Mohd Subrie (MAS) - points Haroon Khan (PAK) bt Andrew Selby (WAL) - points

Pre-quarterfinals

Bantamweight 56kg Tirafalo Seoko (BOT) bt Muhammad Ali (MAS) - points Sakaria Lukas (NAM) bt Joseph Ham (SCO) - points Manju Wanniarachchi (SRI) bt Andrique Allisop (SEY) - points Nicholas Okoth (KEN) bt Benedict Telovae (SOL) - referee stopped fight Sean McGoldrick (WAL) bt Jessie Lartey (GHA) - points Tyrone McCullagh (NIR) bt Ibrahim Balla (AUS) - points Akhil Kumar (IND) bt Iain Weaver (ENG) - points Louis Julie (MRI) bt Revocatus Shomari (TAN) - points