Shehan Ambepitiya was able to grab his 3rd gold medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games today. As I've mentioned in my previous post he was able to win the 200m race with a time of 21.27seconds.
Updates about the Youth Commonwealth Games have been really poor. No proper web site is available to get the latest results. Even Sri Lankan online news sites take few hours to update their sites about these wins.
Shehan's 3 gold medals are the only medals won by Sri Lanka at the games, up to now.
This win gives Sri Lanka a big hope of future international gold medals.
Shehan we are proud of you!

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Sri Lankan sprinter Shehan Ambeypitiya made Sri Lanka proud by winning 100 M gold medal in youth commonwealth games 2008 in India on Wednesday.
Few minutes ago he helped Sri Lankan youth relay team to win 4x100m relay also by giving one of the best runs at the later part of the race.
He set up a new commonwealth youth games record by finishing 100m in 10.43s. And he has beaten several of classy young athletics from other countries including Jamaica, Barbados.
He is looking forward to win 200m as well.

Shehan Ambeypitiya is a student of Gateway international school. He was marked out as the Most Outstanding Athlete (boys) followed by his excellent performance at the National School Games at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently. He set up a new meet record of 100m in 10.58s at the 100m event.
Will Shehan Ambepitiya be the next Olympic hope in Sri Lankan athletic arena ?

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Rafael Nadal showed the world what real determination means. He had to fight for 3 years to win his first ever Wimbledon title. It was amazing to see how he kept his nerves calm in the last set of the Wimbledon final, a game which is now recognized as one of the best matches ever played in world tennis history .

It was a 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 win for Nadal made him the first man after Bjorn Borg to win the Wmbledon and French open in the same year. This final which lasted long for almost 4 hours and 48 minutes is the longest ever final in Wimbledon history. Roger Federer will have to come next year with a full armory of shots to regain the Wimbledon title.

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Some Pictures of the match

Watch the highlights of the match
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Bjorn Borg predicted that Rafa would win the 2008 Wimbledon

Post match interviews

Rafa
Federer

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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are back on Wimbledon Centre Court for their third consecutive Wimbledon final. This time it will be hard for Federer to retain his title. It will be a great final between them with one trying to extend his amazing winning streak on grass and the other attempting to win his first Grand Slam title on a surface other than clay.

Both Federer and four-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal were easily able to advance through the semifinals Friday. Federer defeated Marat Safin 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-4 with a nearly flawless performance, and Nadal later defeated Rainer Schuettler 6-1, 7-6 (3) 6-4.

In Sunday’s (06th) final, Nadal will be trying to become the first man after Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win both the French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same year, while Federer will be trying to pass Bjorn Borg by winning the sixth straight Wimbledon title.

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