COLOMBO: Senior India quarter-miler and Asian Games medallist MR Poovamma on Friday returned to action at the Sri Lankan National Championships after serving a two-year ban for flunking a dope test in 2021.
She competed as an unattached athlete and clocked 55.84 seconds to finish second in heat number one. Jisna Mathew and Sonia Baishya won heats two and three respectively, clocking 54.89 and 54.10.