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Sprint specialist Dissanayake brought pride and glory to Sri Lanka Sriyantha Dissanayake Source:Dailynews Sriyantha Subhashan Abeysekera Dissanayake, who represented Sri Lanka in the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992 was born in Colombo on April 3, 1969. He had his early education at D. S. Senanayake College and later joined Nalanda College, Colombo. He participated in athletic events since his young days and in 1979 at the All-Island Inter-Schools Sports Festival held in Badulla, he won the Under-11 Championship and was able to register his first major victory. ...