Masters swimming championship 2016
The Masters Swimming Championship 2016 was organized by the Rainbow
Aquatic sports union. The Masters meet featured swimmers from all the leading
aquatic sports unions in Sri Lanka as well as the Tri – Forces. The meet also featured
foreign swimmers as well.
Swimmers were categorized under age groups 21-24, 25-29, 30-39,
40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79 and 80-89. I swam under 30-39 age category. My
events were 50m Breast stroke, 50m Free Style and 100m Breast stroke. I got a
Gold medal for 50m Free Style event. We had 3 vision impaired swimmers in our
team. Shashi Madusanka got 2 Gold medals and Asanthi got a bronze medel for
their events. It was a great experience for us to compete with non disabled top
swimmers in Sri Lanka and India.
It was nice to see swimming legend Mr. Julian
Bolling swim under the age category 50-59 and he won all his events.
A big thank you should go to Penuka and Ramesh our swimming coaches
for preparing us for this event.
