Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the; 2010 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	srilankaolympic.org
in Delhi, India
Competitors	94 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Opening:Chinthana Vidanage; Closing:
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Officials	45
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Sri Lanka competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. Sri Lanka was represented by 94 athletes (73 male, 21 female)[1] in 14 sports, with Diving, Lawn Bowls, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics and Netball not being represented. The 94 athletes represented an increase of 28 from Melbourne in 2006. Also the contingent consisted of 45 officials.[2] Chinthana Vidanage was the flag bearer.[3]

Medals

				Total
Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2

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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dilhara Salgado	Recurve individual

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete(s)	Events	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete(s)	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shehan Abepitiya	100 m	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shehan Abepitiya	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
Athlete(s)	Events	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.[4] The mixed doubles and women's doubles teams are currently unannounced.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Thilini Jayasinghe	Singles
Chandrika de Silva	Singles
Subodha 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
Singapore	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0
Jamaica	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0

Boxing

Sri Lanka will send 7 boxers.[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 5 cyclists.[4]

Men

Road

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lasanthi Gunathilaka	Road race
Lasanthi Gunathilaka	Time trial

Gymnastics

Sri Lanka will send a gymnastics team of 5 for the 2010 Commonwealth games.[7]

Artistic

Men

Tharindu Paththapperuma[1]
Prasad Sameera Ekanayake

Women

Ganesha Abeysundara[1]
Amindha Rathnayake[1]

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team will consist of 12 athletes.[8]

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[9]
10:50[9]

Australia	v	Sri Lanka

Delhi University, New Delhi

11 October 2010[9]
14:04[9]

England	v	Sri Lanka

Delhi University, New Delhi

11 October 2010[9]
16:26[9]

Uganda	v	Sri Lanka

Delhi University, New Delhi

Squash

Sri Lanka competed in squash at the 2010 Commonwealth games.[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Chinappa – Sandhu (IND)	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guruge – Samarasinghe (SRI)	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Curgenven – Birch (GUE)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Shooting

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 3 shooters to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4]

Men

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Madhawee Weerathunga	50 m freestyle
Madhawee Weerathunga	100 m freestyle
Lihini Dias	50 m freestyle
Lihini Dias	50 m breaststroke
Sachini Amarasinghe	50 m backstroke
Sachini Amarasinghe	50 m breaststroke

Synchronized swimming

Sri Lanka competed in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.[11]

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	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.[4]

Men

Rohan Sirisena[3]
Dinesh Deshappriya
Nirmala Bandara Jayasinghe

Women

Nuwani Nawodya[3]
Ishara Mudurangi
Kavindi Rukmali Sahabandu

Tennis

Men

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

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka sent a team of 10 weightlifters.[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kamal Bandara	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sanath Kumara	-52 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wrestling

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 3 wrestlers to New Delhi[4]

[1]

Men's Freestyle

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

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Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Medals

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rugby sevens

Squash

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References