Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	SRI
Cganame:	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2010
Location:	Delhi, India
Competitors:	94
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Opening:Chinthana Vidanage Closing:
Rank:	20
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Officials:	45
App Begin Year:	1938

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]

Medalists

Medal	width=350px	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				October 6
				October 5

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 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	align=center		align=center		align=center
Hewa Perera	Recurve individual	align=center		align=center		align=center
Lakmal Rajasinghe	Recurve individual	align=center		align=center		align=center
Nipun Seneviratne Hewa Perera Lakmal Rajasinghe	Team Recurve	align=center		align=center		align=center

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 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	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
	200 m	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
K.P. Jayathilaka	T-46 100 m	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Thanuja Viduranga	T-46 100 m	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Prasanna Amarasekera	400 m	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Chaminda Wijekoon	1500 m	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Prasanna Amarasekera Uditha Wickramasinghe Shalitha Ramanayake Kasun Seneviratne Nalin Karunarathna Rohitha Pushpakumara	4x400 metre relay	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Manjula Kumara	High Jump	align=center	-	align=center	-		align=center	-	align=center	-
Nalin Ratnasiri^[6]	High Jump	align=center	-	align=center	-		align=center	-	align=center	-

Women

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

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

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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]

See main article: Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 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

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 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

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Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka competed in squash at the 2010 Commonwealth games.^[9]

Men

Women

Mixed

Pool 6

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Shooting

^[3]

See main article: Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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

Men

• Edirisinghe Senanayake^[4]
• Sarath Chandrasiri
• Mangala Samarakoon

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sunil Amarasinghe	50 m freestyle S9	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Niluka Thilakaratne	50 m freestyle S10	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Heshan Unamboowe	50 m freestyle	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	50 m backstroke	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	100 m backstroke	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Matthew Abeysinghe	100 m freestyle	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	200 m freestyle	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	400 m freestyle	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
Conrad Francis	50 m breaststroke	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	200 m butterfly	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center
	100 m butterfly	align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center

Women

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

Synchronized swimming

Sri Lanka competed in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.^[10]

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

Mixed

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka sent a team of 10 weightlifters.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kamal Bandara	-56 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Sangeth Wijesooriya	-56 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Sudesh Peiris	-62 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center
Romesh Samarasekara	-62 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Chinthana Vidanage	-69 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Indika Dissanayake	-85 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Thusitha Abeykoon	-94 kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-
Manjula Wijerathna	-105+ kg	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-	align=center	-

Men – EAD (Powerlifting)

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

Wrestling

^[3]

See main article: Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 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

• 2010 Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

1. http://thepapare.com/features/interviews/strong-sri-lankan-contingent-for-commonwealth-games.html?change_css=blue
2. Web site: 19th Commonwealth Games – Delhi, India | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka . 2010-06-20 . dead . https://archive.today/20100806193301/http://www.srilankaolympic.org/2010/06/19th-commonwealth-games-delhi-india-2/ . 2010-08-06 .
3. Web site: Sri Lanka To Send 90 Athletes To Commonwealth Games - The Sunday Leader. Thesundayleader.lk. 14 October 2017.
4. Web site: Sport. Nation.lk. 14 October 2017.
5. Web site: Sri Lanka Sports News | Sundayobserver.lk . 2010-08-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100820233821/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/15/spo20.asp . 2010-08-20 .
6. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160225070752/http://www.dailymirror.lk/sports2/?p=2845. 25 February 2016. dead. dmy-all.
7. Web site: Tharindu and Gajitha - Young giants of Gymnastics. Sundaytimes.lk. 14 October 2017.
8. [Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]
9. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017.
10. Web site: Synchronised Swimming - Welcome to the home of English synchro. ASA Synchronised Swimming Hub. 14 October 2017.
11. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017.