Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	SRI
Cganame:	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Flagcaption:	Flag of Sri Lanka
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	79
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Chinthana Vidanage
Rank:	31
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	5
App Begin Year:	1938
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

Sri Lanka competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

The Sri Lankan team consists of 139 members, including 80 athletes competing in 13 sports (15 disciplines).^{[2] [3] [4]} However, Sumesh Wickramasinghe did not compete in athletics. The country made its Commonwealth Games debut in the discipline of rhythmic gymnastics and Canadian born Anna-Marie Ondaatje became the first gymnast to represent Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games.^[5] The team also consists of 38 officials.^[6]

Weightlifter Chinthana Vidanage was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[7]

With six medals won, this edition of the games represented the most successful games for the country in terms of overall medals.^[8]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				April 6
				April 5
				April 5
				April 11
				April 13
				April 13

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=160	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics (track and field)	7	5	12
Badminton	4	4	8
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	3	3	6
Cycling	2	0	2
Diving	1	1	2
Gymnastics	0	4	3
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Shooting	2	1	3
Squash	1	1	2
Swimming	4	2	6
Table tennis	3	3	6
Weightlifting	7	4	11
Wrestling	2	1	3
Total	50	29	79

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka received a quota of 14 athletes (eight men and six women).^[9] However, only 12 athletes were entered, with sprinter Rumeshika Rathnayake being added to the team later to make the total team size 13 (eight male and five female).^{[10] [2]} However only 12 participated as Sumesh Wickramasinghe did not compete in the men's 4 × 100 m relay.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Manjula Wijesekara	High jump	2.21	=9 q
Janaka Wimalasari	Long jump	7.84	10 q	7.89	7
Sampath Ranasinghe	Javelin throw	74.72	12 q	70.15	12

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rumeshika Rathnayake	200 m	23.43	2 Q	23.60	6	did not advance
Nimali Arachchige	align=left rowspan=2	800 m	2:08.52	7	did not advance
Gayanthika Artigala Aberathna	2:04.72	8	did not advance
Hiruni Wijayaratne	align=left	Marathon	2:49:38	11

Field events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with eight athletes (four men and four women).^[11]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Buwaneka Goonethilleka	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	W 2–0 (21–16, 21–19)	W 2–0 (21–18, 24–22)	L 1–2 (9–21, 21–10, 21–19)	did not advance
Dinuka Karunaratne	W 2–0 (21–7, 21–10)	W 2–0 (21–7, 21–8)	W 2–0 (23–21, 22–20)	L 0–2 (13–21, 6–21)	did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne	W 2–0 (21–8, 21–7)	W 2–0 (21–5, 21–6)	L 0–2 (10–21, 10–21)	did not advance
Hasini Ambalangodage	Women's	W 2–0 (21–18, 21–11)	L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21)	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sachin Dias	Men's		W 2–0 (21–6, 21–9)	W 2–0 (21–13, 21–13)	W 2–1 (19–21, 22–10, 21–17)	L 0–2 (18–21, 10–21)	L 0–2 (9–21, 13–21)	4
Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage	align=left rowspan=2	Women's		W 2–0 (21–6, 21–15)	W 2–0 (21–9, 21–9)	L 0–2 (12–21, 16–21)	did not advance
		W 2–0 (21–13, 21–9)	W 2–0 (21–6, 21–9)	L 0–2 (11–21, 13–21)	did not advance
Kavidi Sirimannage Buwaneka Goonethilleka	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed	W 2–0 (21–7, 21–9)	L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)	did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Sachin Dias	W 2–0 (21–17, 21–9)	W 2–0 (21–10, 21–11)	L 0–2 (21–23, 19–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team.

Roster

• Hasini Ambalangodage
• Madushika Beruwelage
• Sachin Dias
• Buwaneka Goonethilleka
• Thilini Hendahewa
• Dinuka Karunaratna
• Niluka Karunaratne
• Kavidi Sirimannage

Pool A

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka qualified a men's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes.^[12]

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with a team of 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women). Anusha Koddithuwakku became the first Sri Lankan female boxer to secure a Commonwealth Games medal and also created history for becoming the first Sri Lankan female boxer to qualify for the semi-final round at a Commonwealth Games competition.^{[13] [14]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Thiwanka Ranasinghe	Men's −49 kg		W 4–0	W 5–0	L RSC	Did not advance
Vidanalange Bandara	Men's −52 kg		W 3–2	W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Dinindu Saparamadu	Men's −64 kg		W 4–1	L 0–5	did not advance
Anusha Koddithuwakku	Women's −48 kg	W	L 0–5	Did not advance
Dulani Jayasinghe	Women's −51 kg	L	did not advance
Keshani Hansika	Women's −57 kg			L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka's cycling team consisted of two athletes.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Chamika Kumara	Road race
Time trial	1:00:48.02	45
align=left rowspan=2	Avishka Mawathage	Road race
Time trial	58:48.27	39

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with a team of 2 divers (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sahan Peiris	Men's 1 m springboard	181.25	15	did not advance
Men's 10 m platform	181.00	13	did not advance
Yashoda De Silva	Women's 1 m springboard	117.90	14	did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Artistic

Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (3 women).

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Ridma Bengalage	align=left rowspan=4	Team	11.850	8.250	8.700	9.650	38.450	29
Kaushini Gamage	11.600	6.900	7.000	8.350	36.300	31
Amaya Kalukottage	11.800	6.700	8.450	9.350	33.850	32
Total	35.250	21.850	24.150	27.350	108.600	8

Rhythmic

Sri Lanka participated with 1 athlete (1 woman), marking its debut appearance in the discipline.^[5]

Individual Qualification

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
align=left rowspan=2	Anna-Marie Ondaatje	All-Around	11.800	11.750	10.400	10.350	44.300	11
Clubs	11.200		11.200	6

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Men's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament. Sri Lanka qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by being the highest ranked Commonwealth nation at the 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series.^{[15] [16]}

RosterThe roster was officially named on March 30, 2018.^[17]

• Sudarshana Muthuthanthri
• Danushka Ranjan
• Richard Dharmapala
• Srinath Sooriyabandara
• Danush Dayan
• Hirantha Perera
• Tarinda Ratwatte
• Rehan Silva
• Sudam Sooriyarachchi
• Naveen Henakankanamage
• Adeesha Weeratunga
• Kavindu Perera

Pool D

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).^[18]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Thanthulage Fernando	Men's 50 metre pistol	509	16	did not advance
Men's 10 metre air pistol	563	9	did not advance
Upul Wijerathna	Men's 50 metre pistol	508	18	did not advance
Sanduni Perera	Women's 10 metre air rifle	404.2	15	did not advance

Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated in the squash competition with one male and one female athlete.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ravindu Laksiri	Men's Singles	W 3–0	L 0–3	did not advance
Mihiliya Methsarani	Women's Singles		L 0–3	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka's swimming team consisted of six athletes (four men and two women).^{[20] [21]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kyle Abeysinghe	align=left rowspan=3	50 m freestyle	23.73	27	did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe	22.65 NR	13 Q	22.84	15	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	24.29	36	did not advance
Kyle Abeysinghe	align=left rowspan=3	100 m freestyle	52.20	35	did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe	49.11 NR	6 Q	49.43	10	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	52.08	34	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Akalanka Peiris	50 m backstroke	26.83	11 Q	26.52 NR	10	did not advance
100 m backstroke	58.68	18	did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:11.56	20	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	align=left rowspan=2	50 m butterfly	25.13	22	did not advance
Akalanka Peiris	25.32	27	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Cherantha de Silva	100 m butterfly	55.91	18	did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:08.71	13	did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe Akalanka Peiris Kyle Abeysinghe Cherantha de Silva	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:22.84 NR	8 Q

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Vinoli Kaluarachchi	50 m freestyle	28.76	33	did not advance
100 m freestyle	1:02.25	30	did not advance
50 m backstroke	31.02	24	did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:07.64	25	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dilrukshi Perera	50 m freestyle	27.75	25	did not advance
50 m butterfly	29.81 NR	22	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women).^[22]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	W 4–0	W 4–3	1 Q		L 0–4	did not advance
Rohan Sirisena	W 4–0	W 4–0	1 Q	L 1–4	did not advance
Imesh Ranasingha	W 4–0	L 3–4	2	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana	align=left rowspan=3		W 4–0	W 4–1	1 Q		L 0–4	did not advance
Ishara Madurangi	W 4–1	L 1–4	2		did not advance
Erandi Warusawithana	W 4–0	L 0–4	2		did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha Imesh Ranasingha	Men's doubles		W 3–1	L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Ishara Manikku Badu	Women's doubles			L 0–3	did not advance
Erandi Warusawithana Buwaneka Jayasingha	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed doubles	W 3–2	L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Imesh Ranasingha	L 0–3	did not advance
Ishara Manikku Badu Rohan Sirisena	W 3–1	L 1–3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha Rohan Sirisena Imesh Ranasingha	Men's team	L 1–3	W 3–0	2 Q	L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Ishara Madurangi Erandi Warusawithana		L 0–3	L 1–3	3		did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. Sri Lanka competed in weightlifting.^[23] The Sri Lankan weightlifting team consisted of 11 athletes (seven men and four women).^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chaturanga Lakmal	−56 kg	114	2	134	4	248
Thilanka Palangasinghe	−62 kg	124	4	155	4	279	4
Indika Dissanayake	−69 kg	137	1	160	3	297
Chinthana Vidanage	−77 kg	132	4	166	5	298	5
Shanaka Peters	−94 kg	130	10	165	8	295	8
Saman Abeywickrama	−105 kg	130	11	160	9	290	9
Ushan Charuka	+105 kg	142	8	187	8	329	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dinusha Gomes	−48 kg	70	4	85	6	155
Chamari Warnakulasuriya	−53 kg	78	4	94	7	172	4
Nadeeshani Rajapaksha	−58 kg	66	11	94	7	160	10
Charhurika Balage	−75 kg	75	9	100	9	175	9

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Divoshan Charles Fernando	-57 kg	W 3–1	L 1–4	did not advance			7
Suresh Fernando	-74 kg	L 0 –5	did not advance				13

Women

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016.
2. News: 12 March 2018. Team of 139 for Commonwealth Games 80 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials. Lanka News Papers.. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 March 2018.
3. News: Pathiravithana. S.R.. 12 March 2018. NOCSL will keep close tabs on attempts at decamping. The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 March 2018.
4. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2018: Sri Lanka contingent selected. Jaleel. Shamseer. 27 March 2018. www.ft.lk/. Daily FT. 27 March 2018.
5. News: Tissera. Michelle. 1 April 2018. Anna-Marie Ondaatje ready to create history in Gold Coast. The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1 April 2018.
6. News: Perera. Bernard. 1 April 2018. 80 athletes, 38 officials for Commonwealth Games. Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1 April 2018.
7. Web site: Chinthana to lead the Sri Lankan contingent in Gold Coast. Sudarshana. Peiris. 28 March 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 28 March 2018.
8. News: De Alwis. Nathasha. 15 April 2018. 21st Commonwealth Games concludes with new medal record for Sri Lanka. News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 15 April 2018.
9. News: 40 member athletics pool formed for Commonwealth and Asian Games . The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Colombo, Sri Lanka . 29 October 2017 . 29 October 2017.
10. Web site: Sri Lanka Athletic team announced for Commonwealth Games. Sudarshana. Peiris. 3 February 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 18 March 2018.
11. Web site: Who shuttled their way to the 2018 Commonwealth Games?. Dinushki. Ranasinghe. 26 March 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 1 April 2018.
12. Web site: Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced. 23 January 2018. www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 20 March 2018.
13. Web site: Anusha wins bronze medal in boxing. www.adaderana.lk. en. 2018-04-11.
14. News: Anusha creates history. Daily News. 2018-04-11. en.
15. Web site: Uganda and Zambia qualify for Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament. Pavitt . Michael. 8 October 2017. Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media . 29 October 2017.
16. Web site: Sri Lanka qualifies for Commonwealth Games tournament. 20 October 2017. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 29 October 2017.
17. News: Tharinda. Saveen. 30 March 2018. Sri Lanka name Rugby Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games 2018. The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2018.
18. News: 1 April 2018. Medal potential Lankan shooter to aim sans coach. The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1 April 2018.
19. Web site: Youngsters carry Lankan hope for Commonwealth. Dinushki. Ranasinghe. 30 March 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 1 April 2018.
20. News: 19 February 2018. Swimming: Two women and four men to represent Sri Lanka at CWG2018. The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 March 2018.
21. Web site: Know your swimmers for Commonwealth Games 2018. Dinushki. Ranasinghe. 1 March 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 18 March 2018.
22. Web site: 6 Paddlers selected for Gold Coast Australia 2018. Dinushki. Ranasinghe. 27 March 2018. www.thepapare.com . Dialog Axiata. 1 April 2018.
23. Web site: Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . March 2018 . www.iwf.net/ . International Weightlifting Federation. 21 March 2018.
24. News: Pathiravithana. S.R.. 1 April 2018. Lankan Weightlifters on show from April 5 to 9. The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1 April 2018.