By Dhammika Ratnaweera
Susanthika Jayasinghe the Asian Black horse who won the 2000 Sydney Olympic medal was the surprised guest for the National Olympic Committee yesterday (21) when she met NOC two big bosses President Suresh Subramanium and Secretary Maxwell de Silva for a friendly chat. Susanthika already had confirmed to take part at the Olympic day Run which scheduled to be held on 25th at Nuwara Eliya.
Jayasinghe said she is very like to take part Olympic day run as her memories goes to Sydney 18 years ago and now once again to refresh them by getting a chance to run at an Olympic activity.
“I think going back to my memories at the Sydney Olympics, my dedication was the main factor to get success. I had very limited facilities those days. Former Sport Minister S.B.Dissanayake gave big support to me and I admire very much” said Susanthika who further elaborated that she would never forget former President Hemasiri Fernando who is a very talented administrator as well.
She expressed her pleasure to work with the current NOC secretary who is a known person in the NOC committee for years and said it was a honour to associate the new NOC chief, Suresh Subramanium whom she knew for the last 20 years in sports administration too.
Susanthika hopes to pass her knowledge to the junior athletes and thus would closely associate with the NOC in future.
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