Aruna Darshana (or Dharshana; born 19 January 1999) is a Sri Lankan sprinter specialising in the

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. He was born in a rural village call Seruwila near Trincomalee.

Career

2018 season

;South Asian Junior Athletics Championships On home soil, Darshana won the 200, 400 m and contributed to the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2018 South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in

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. ;Asian Junior Athletics Championships Darshana won two gold medals at the

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, Japan. In the 400 m event, Darshana broke the

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by running the race in 45.79 seconds. Later, he anchored the 4 × 400 m relay team to gold. ;World Junior Athletics Championships Darshana advanced to the semifinals in the 400 m event at the 2018 World Junior Athletics Championships in

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, Finland. In the semifinals, Darshana finished fifth in his heat, failing to advance to the final. Darshana later led the 4 × 400 m relay team to an eighth-place finish. ;Asian Games Darshana was selected for the

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, Indonesia. Darshana is scheduled to compete in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay events.

References

1999 births Living people Sri Lankan male sprinters People from Trincomalee District Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Sri Lankan people 21st-century Sri Lankan people {{SriLanka-athletics-bio-stub