Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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Sri Lanka
 at the Commonwealth Games

Flag of Sri Lanka
CGF code  SRI
CGA National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Websitesrilankaolympic.org
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games
in Delhi, India
Competitors 94 in 14 sports
Officials 45
Flag bearer Opening:Chinthana Vidanage
Closing:
Medals
Rank: 20		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
Commonwealth Games history (summary)
British Empire Games
  • 1938*
  • 1950*
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
British Commonwealth Games
  • 1970*
  • 1974
Commonwealth Games

*As Ceylon

Sri Lanka will be competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi. Sri Lanka will be represented by 94 (73 male 21 female)[1] athletes in 14 sports, with Diving, Lawn Bowls, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics and Netball not being represented. The 94 Athletes represents an increase of 28 from Melbourne in 2006. Also the contingent will consist of 45 officials.[2] Chinthana Vidanage will be the flag bearer.[3]

Medals

                  Total
Sri Lanka 0112

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Chinthana Vidanage Weightlifting Men's 69kg October 6
 Bronze Sudesh Peiris Weightlifting Men's 62kg October 5

Archery

Sri Lanka will send 4 archers to the 2010 commonwealth games.[4]

Men

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Nipun Seneviratne Recurve individual
Hewa Perera Recurve individual
Lakmal Rajasinghe Recurve individual
Nipun Seneviratne
Hewa Perera
Lakmal Rajasinghe		 Team Recurve

Women

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Dilhara Salgado Recurve individual

Athletics

Sri Lanka will be sending a team of 15 athletes to the 2010 Commonwealth games.[5]

Men

Athlete(s) Events Round 1 Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Shehan Abepitiya 100 m - - - - - - - -
200 m - - - - - - - -
K.P. Jayathilaka T-46 100 m - - - - - - - -
Thanuja Viduranga T-46 100 m - - - - - - - -
Prasanna Amarasekera 400 m - - - - - - - -
Chaminda Wijekoon 1500 m - - - - - - - -
Prasanna Amarasekera
Gayan Wickremanayake
Shalitha Ramanayake
Kasun Seneviratne
Nalin Karunarathna
Rohitha Pushpakumara		 4x400 metre relay - - - - - - - -
Manjula Kumara High Jump - - - -
Nalin Ratnasiri[6] High Jump - - - -

Women

Athlete(s) Events Round 1 Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chandrika Subashani 400 m - - - - - - - -
Nadeeka Lakmali Javelin - - - -
C.D. Priyadarshani Long jump - - - -

Badminton

Sri Lanka will send 6 shuttlers.[7] The mixed doubles and women's doubles teams are currently unannounced.

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Dinuka Karunaratne Singles
Niluka Karunaratne Singles
Lasitha Karunathilaka Singles
Dinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne		 Doubles

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Thilini Jayasinghe Singles
Chandrika de Silva Singles
Kumari Dahanayake Singles

Mixed Team

Sri Lanka was ranked 12th in the draw and drew #3 Singapore, #5 New Zealand, #13 Jamaica and tied for #20 (last place) Northern Ireland.

Group B
Team Pts Pld W L
 Singapore0000
 New Zealand0000
 Sri Lanka0000
 Jamaica0000
 Northern Ireland0000

Boxing

Sri Lanka will send 7 boxers.[8]

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Chaminda Thennakoon Light Flyweight
D.M. Samarasekara Flyweight
Manju Wanniarachchi Lightweight
Kamal Sameera Light Welterweight
Asanka Rajapaksha Welterweight
Suranga Mudannayaka Middleweight
Ranil Jayathilaka Light heavyweight

Cycling

[9]

Sri Lanka will send 5 cyclists.[10]

Men

Road

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lakshman Wijeratne Road race
Time trial
Janaka Kumara Road race
Time trial
Dane Nugera Road race
Time trial
Ishan Sandakelum Road race
Time trial

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lasanthi Gunathilaka Road race
Time trial

Gymnastics

Sri Lanka will send a gymnastics team of 5 for the 2010 Commonwealth games.[11]

Artistic

Men

  • Tharindu Paththapperuma[12]
  • Prasad Sameera Ekanayake

Women

  • Ganesha Abeysundara[13]
  • Amindha Rathnayake[14]

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team will consist of 12 athletes.[15]

  • Mahesh Liyanage
  • Gayan Weerarathne
  • Saliya Kumara
  • Kuruppu Saranga
  • Harsha Weerarathna
  • Radhika Hettiarachchi
  • Darshana Ethipola
  • Mithra Jayasinghe
  • Danuska Hadapangodage
  • Chanaka Chandimal
  • Charitha Senevirathna
  • Dilan Soysa

11 October 2010[16]
10:50[17]
Australia  v  Sri Lanka
Delhi University, New Delhi
11 October 2010[18]
14:04[19]
England  v  Sri Lanka
Delhi University, New Delhi
11 October 2010[20]
16:26[21]
Uganda  v  Sri Lanka
Delhi University, New Delhi

Squash

Sri Lanka will compete in squash at the 2010 Commonwealth games.[22]

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Navin Samarasinghe Singles  B Hindle (MLT)

Women

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Sharya Guruge Singles  S Madhani (KEN)
Mixed
Pool 6
Rank Team Pts Pld W L PF PA
1  Waters - Grant (ENG) 000000
2  Chinappa - Sandhu (IND) 000000
3  Guruge - Samarasinghe (SRI) 000000
4 [[File:Template:Country flag CGF alias GGY|22x20px|border|alt=|link=]] Curgenven - Birch ([[Template:Country CGF alias GGY at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|GGY]]) 000000

Shooting

[23]

Sri Lanka will send 3 shooters to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[24]

Men

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sunil Amarasinghe 50 m freestyle S9
Niluka Thilakaratne 50 m freestyle S10
Heshan Unamboowe 50 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
Matthew Abeysinghe 100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
Conrad Francis 50 m breaststroke
200 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Madhawee Weerathunga 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
Lihini Dias 50 m freestyle
50 m breaststroke
Sachini Amarasinghe 50 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke

Synchronized swimming

Sri Lanka will compete in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.[26]

Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Preliminary) Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
Dehara Katipearachchi Solo
Elisha Gomes
Dehara Katipearachchi		 Duet

Table tennis

Sri Lanka will send 6 paddlers.[27]

Men
  • Rohan Sirisena[28]
  • Dinesh Deshappriya
  • Nirmala Bandara Jayasinghe
Women
  • Nuwani Nawodya[29]
  • Ishara Mudurangi
  • Kavindi Rukmali Sahabandu

Tennis

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Thangarajah Dineshkanthan Singles
Harshana Godamanna Singles
Amresh Jayawickrema Singles David (BER)
W 6-1 6-2
Rajeev Rajapakse Singles
Harshana Godamanna
Rajeev Rajapakse 		Doubles

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Amritha Muttiah Singles

Mixed

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Harshana Godamanna
Amritha Muttiah		 Mixed doubles

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka will be sending a team of 10 weightlifters.[30]

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kamal Bandara -56 kg - - - - - -
Sangeth Wijesooriya -56 kg - - - - - -
Sudesh Peiris -62 kg - - - - -  Bronze
Romesh Samarasekara -62 kg - - - - - -
Chinthana Vidanage -69 kg - - - - - -
Indika Dissanayake -85 kg - - - - - -
Thusitha Abeykoon -94 kg - - - - - -
Manjula Wijerathna -105+ kg - - - - - -
Men - EAD (Powerlifting)
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kamal Bandara -48 kg - - - - - -
Sanath Kumara -52 kg - - - - - -

Wrestling

[31]

Sri Lanka will send 3 wrestlers to New Delhi[32]

[33]

Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Yaparathna Kumara −55 kg
Saman Kumara −60 kg
Roshan Indika −66 kg

See also

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.srilankaolympic.org/2010/06/19th-commonwealth-games-delhi-india-2/
  3. ↑ http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/08/29/sri-lanka-to-send-90-athletes-to-commonwealth-games/
  4. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/15/spo20.asp
  6. ↑ http://www.dailymirror.lk/sports2/?p=2845
  7. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
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  10. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/Sports/spt08.html
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  15. ↑ Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  16. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  17. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  18. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  19. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  20. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  21. ↑ http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477
  22. ↑ http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/sports/128-local/16633.html
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  24. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
  26. ↑ http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/synchro/adele-carlsen-update-blog/
  27. ↑ http://www.nation.lk/2010/09/19/sports5.htm
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