SriLanka, Sept. 28 -- Sri Lanka's promising athlete Ayomal Akalanka came up with a superb performance in men's 400m hurdles heat 1 finishing third and securing his place in the final at the 20th Asian Games in Achi -Nagoya Japan yesterday.

Akalanka was placed third in his heat and finished fifth overall with a qualifying time of 49.78 seconds. The final is scheduled to run today at 4pm (Sri Lanka time). The 20-year-old Sri Lankan s to do better aiming for a medal today but it is going to be a tough final with Japanese T. Goto (48.60 seconds), Thaipe athete C.Lin (49.1 seconds), Qatar 's B. Hameida (49.55 seconds) and India's S.Tamilarasan (49.61 seconds) are ahead of Akalanka in the qualifying line.

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