Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation
Sri Lanka at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSRI
CGANational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Websitesrilankaolympic.org
in Delhi, India
Competitors94 in 14 sports
Flag bearersOpening:Chinthana Vidanage
Closing:
Officials45
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
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]

Medals

   Gold       Silver       Bronze    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
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 sent 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.[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]

  • Darshana Ethipola
  • Mithra Jayasinghe
  • Danuska Hadapangodage
  • Chanaka Chandimal
  • Charitha Senevirathna
  • Dilan Soysa





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
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  ChinappaSandhu (IND) 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  GurugeSamarasinghe (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
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 competed in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.[11]

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

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

[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
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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  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Sundayobserver.lk". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines". Dailymirror.lk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Tharindu and Gajitha - Young giants of Gymnastics". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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  10. ^ "Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines". Dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 14 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Synchronised Swimming - Welcome to the home of English synchro". ASA Synchronised Swimming Hub. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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