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Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | SRI |
CGA | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
Website | srilankaolympic |
in Delhi, India | |
Competitors | 94 in 14 sports |
Flag bearers | Opening:Chinthana Vidanage Closing: |
Officials | 45 |
Medals Ranked 20th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
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]
Total | ||||
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Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Chinthana Vidanage | Weightlifting | Men's 69kg | October 6 |
Bronze | Sudesh Peiris | Weightlifting | Men's 62kg | October 5 |
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 | |
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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 | |
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Dilhara Salgado | Recurve individual |
Sri Lanka sent a team of 15 athletes to the 2010 Commonwealth games. [5]
Men
Athlete(s) | Events | Round 1 | Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 Uditha Wickramasinghe 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 | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Chandrika Subashani | 400 m | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nadeeka Lakmali | Javelin | - | - | - | - | ||||
C.D. Priyadarshani | Long jump | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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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 |
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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.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
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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 |
Sri Lanka will send 7 boxers. [4]
Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
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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 |
Sri Lanka will send 5 cyclists. [4]
Men
Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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Lasanthi Gunathilaka | Road race | ||
Time trial | |||
Sri Lanka will send a gymnastics team of 5 for the 2010 Commonwealth games. [7]
Men
Women
Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team will consist of 12 athletes. [8]
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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 |
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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 |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | ||
Sharya Guruge | Singles | S Madhani (KEN) |
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
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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 |
Sri Lanka will send 3 shooters to the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [4]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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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 |
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) | |||||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points | Rank | ||
Dehara Katipearachchi | Solo | ||||||||||
Elisha Gomes Dehara Katipearachchi | Duet | ||||||||||
Sri Lanka will send 6 paddlers. [4]
Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
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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 |
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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 |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | ||
Harshana Godamanna Amritha Muttiah | Mixed doubles |
Sri Lanka sent a team of 10 weightlifters. [12]
Men
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Kamal Bandara | -48 kg | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanath Kumara | -52 kg | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sri Lanka will send 3 wrestlers to New Delhi [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage Round 1 | Repechage Round 2 | Final |
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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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