Tharushi Karunarathna won the Gold Medal in the women’s 800m event at the Asian Games 2023 that is being held in China at the moment.
She took 2.03.20s to finish the game.
Tharushi brings a Gold medal in athletics to Sri Lanka since 2002.
On 16 July this year, Tharushi broke a 25-year-old Asian Athletic Championship record and won the gold medal in the 800m women’s event at 25th Asian Athletic Championship 2023.