Country’s longest cycle race ‘SLT Speedup Sawariya 2019’ concludes successfully in Dambulla

Sri Lanka’s longest across the country cycle race organised by the Sri Lanka Telecom successfully concluded on 28 September in Dambulla. 

Chamika Sandun Kumara of Sri Lanka Navy won the Overall Championship of the five-day race, securing the first prize of Rs. 1 million. He is the only person to have won 1st place twice in SLT Speedup History.

Viran Ramesh of Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Nihal Silva of Sri Lanka Navy were the Overall 1st Runner-up and Overall 2nd Runner-up winners respectively winning prizes of Rs. 500,000 and Rs. 300,000.

The women’s race overall winners, B.A.S. Dilhani of Sri Lanka Army, Dinesha Dilrukshi of Sri Lanka Air Force and U.N. Kumarasinghe of Sri Lanka Army, secured top three overall winning positions securing prizes of Rs. 250,000, Rs. 200,000 and Rs. 125,000 respectively. 

The junior race winners, T.V.K.H. Dilmina of Staternil Cycling Club, K.D. Keshan Madhuranga of Silver Star Cycling Club and A. Dinusha Saranga of Kelani Cycling Cub, secured top three winning positions securing prices of Rs. 100,000, Rs. 70,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively.

The winning prizes and trophies were presented to winners in the presence of SLT Group Chairman P.G. Kumarasinghe Sirisena, SLT Chief Executive Officer Kiththi Perera, SLT Chief Operating Officer Priyantha Fernandez, SLT Chief Marketing Officer Prabhath Dahanayake and representatives of CFSL. Several other senior officials and employees of SLT attended the prize-giving ceremony.

The men’s race started on 25 September from Galle Face Green Colombo and met the finish line on 28 September in Dambulla completing an 813km-long journey.  The women’s race held on 27 and 28 September, a two-day, race travelled from Colombo to Dambulla covering a long distance of 143km. The first-ever competitive cycling event for juniors started from Dambulla and travel through Kakirawa, Habarana and then back to Dambulla covering a distance of 75km was held on 28 September.

Sri Lanka Navy won the Men’s Overall Best Team award. Viran Ramesh of Sri Lanka Ports Authority achieved King of the Mountain, Chamika Sandun Kumara of Sri Lanka Navy won Best Sprinter, Prabash Madushanka of Sri Lanka Navy won the Best Young Rider positions and received Rs. 100,000 for each category.

Sri Lanka Army won the Women’s Overall Best Team award. B.A.S. Dilhani of Sri Lanka Army achieved Women’s Race Best Sprinter award. U.N. Kumarasinghe of Sri Lanka Army won the Best Young Rider and V.A.A. Sandamini of Sri Lanka Army won the King of Mountain positions with Rs. 20,000 cash prize for each category.