The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) held its 75th Annual Mount Lavinia Sea Swim in association with the Mount Lavinia Hotel in a grand scale on 4 March 2012.
The sea swim drew over 700 swimmers between the ages of 12 years and 70 years and the individual events were won by two ardent swimmers from two popular schools in Kandy.
The event was held in a grand scale this year with many sponsors supporting the event namely Milo from Nestle and Maliban.
The two mile sea swim which is iconic with the Mount Lavinia Hotel and its location is incidentally one of the oldest open water swimming competitions in Asia having seen participants passing down the title from generation to generation. Its rich heritage includes unique records of history of winners within the same family, father and son combinations, and repeat victories.
Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union is the governing body of Aquatic Sports in Sri Lanka for the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.
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Enthusiastic participants getting ready for the race
And off they go
Mr Anura Dewapura congatulating Sunethra Wijeratne who won the womens' individual category for the past three years
Mr Anura Dewapura congratulating the Mens' Individual Winner - C Hulangamuwe
Oldest Swimmer being awarded his trophy by Mrs Tara Bolling
Team chanpionship won by St Joseph's
The ladies in full force
The three winners with C Hulangamuwe in the middle
The three winners with Sunetra in the middle
The youngest girl's swimmer
Comments (11)
Fair N Square
Mar 06, 2012 05:08 pmLOL ... swimming... what an excuse for women to get semi naked,,, following the western culture... they need semi nude women to sell cars or even a TV capitalism at its best....
Replydas
Mar 08, 2012 05:40 amYes!!! Swimming is part of an international western conspiracy to destroy our sinhala buddhist culture.
ReplyEnrico Pereira
Mar 08, 2012 07:33 amYou such a BLOODY idiot!!!! Get a life you moron!!!!!
ReplyAsitha
Mar 09, 2012 02:51 am@Enrico, I think @Das has meant it as a joke. The real idiot is above him
Replycitrusfever
Mar 09, 2012 03:11 amFair N Square & das. Both you idiots please go get a life. its retarded fools like you who ruin our culture and society. do not embarrass our nation by posting things like that.
Replymahesh
Mar 09, 2012 05:28 amCan you tell us which conspirators made our Buddhist rulers to draw half naked frescos on Sigiriya? No choice left for you other than Find refuge in Afganistan!
ReplyMervin
Mar 09, 2012 08:57 amYou need to get help from a counsellor.
Replyshameem
Mar 09, 2012 10:39 amnaked naked... not semi naked...!
ReplyPeak
Mar 09, 2012 11:42 amI would propose to have this kind of events in the Kandy lake and lakes in Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura also, better if we can have it on each and every month. so those cities can have some extra local tourist arrival, and may be some more crowd to ancient places also.
ReplyOk,mates now you all can raise the voices high on me also.
1st two have spoken the truth, it's bitter for most of the English speaking Sri Lankans.
Das weekrawahu
Mar 09, 2012 01:00 pmall you are monkeys. mind yr own biz.
Replykilling people alive is from what culture, from where did you idiots come from!!
Sandy
Mar 10, 2012 04:56 pm@Fair N Square, the 'semi naked' women you are making fun of have just completed a 2 mile sea swim. They're probably in much better shape than you'll ever be in your whole pathetic life! Jealous much?
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