Matthew Abeysinghe qualifies for Rio Olympics

Matthew Abeysinghe (right) arrived yesterday from Hong Kong qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 20 year old Abeysinghe  clocked 50.53 seconds in the men’s 100 metre freestyle event at the Hong Kong Swimming Circuit Championship on Sunday.  His timing was well within the Olympic Games qualifying standard for the men’s 100 metre freestyle which is 50.70 seconds. Abeysinghe will be participating in his first ever Olympics next month in Brazil. Pix by Kumarasiri Prasad, our airport correspondent