Gold winner Tharanga gets brand-new Honda Vezel from SLAAJ
by Reemus Fernando The Sri Lanka Automobile Association in Japan (SLAAJ) has awarded a brand-new Honda Vezel to gold medallist Rumesh Tharanga at a felicitation ceremony for the Sri Lankan team that competed at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The gift was announced at the ceremony, held on the eve of the team’s […]
The Sri Lanka Automobile Association in Japan (SLAAJ) has gifted a brand-new Honda Vezel to gold medallist Rumesh Tharanga in a felicitation ceremony for the Sri Lankan team that competed at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The gesture was announced at the event, held on the eve of the team’s departure from Nagoya, with Nishantha Meegalla, Vice President of the Nagoya Prefecture of the Sri Lanka Business Council of Japan, revealing that the organization had decided to reward every Sri Lankan athlete who wins a gold medal with a brand-new vehicle.
Tharanga, the world's top-ranked javelin thrower this season, secured Sri Lanka's first-ever javelin medal at the Asian Games on Monday with a throw of 88.55 metres.
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