Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	SRI
Cganame:	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Games Link:	2022 Commonwealth Games
Year:	2022
Flagcaption:	Flag of Sri Lanka
Location:	Birmingham, England
Competitors Men:	50
Competitors Women:	60
Sports:	13
Flagbearer Open:	Indika Dissanayake Chamari Athapaththu
Rank:	31
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
App Begin Year:	1938

Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] This was Sri Lanka's 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

On June 30, 2022 the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced a team of 114 athletes (54 men and 60 women).^[2] For the first time ever, more women will compete than men.^{[3] [4]} On July 19, 2022, the table tennis team of four male athletes was withdrawn, meaning the final team size was 50 men and 60 women (110 total athletes) competing in 13 sports.^{[5] [6]}

Weightlifter Indika Dissanayake and cricketer Chamari Athapaththu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^{[7] [8]}

Sri Lanka finished the competition with four medals (one silver and three bronze), ranking the country 31st overall on the medal table. Sri Lanka won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport of wrestling.^[9]

Competitors

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

width=110	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	4	4	8
	4	3	7
	4	2	6
	2	2	4
	5	3	8
		15	15
	1	0	1
	3	5	8
	3	2	5
	13	13	26
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
	6	4	10
	2	4	6
Total	50	60	110

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Palitha Bandara	Athletics	Men's discus throw F44/64	August 3
	Dilanka Isuru Kumara	Weightlifting	Men's 55 kg	July 30
	Yupun Abeykoon	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	August 3
	Nethmi Poruthotage	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 57 kg	August 5

3x3 basketball

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. By virtue of its status as the top Commonwealth Asian nation in the respective FIBA 3x3 Federation Rankings for men and women (on 1 November 2021), Sri Lanka qualified for both tournaments.^{[10] [11]}

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka men	Men's tournament	L 9–16	L 18–21	L 8–21	4	did not advance			7
Sri Lanka women	Women's tournament	L 8–21	L 5–21	L 2–21	4	did not advance			8

Men's tournament

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

• Simron Yogananthan
• Janith Chathuranga
• Supun Rukshan
• Arnold Thevakumar

Group A--------

Women's tournament

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

• Nihari Perera
• Chalani Perera
• Fathima Morseth
• Rashmi Perera

Group A--------

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. On April 26, 2022, the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka named a team of eight athletes (four of each gender).^{[12] [13]} On June 1, 2022, Hiruni Wijayaratne was dropped from the team for unknown reasons.^[14] Ushan Thiwanka later withdrew, citing a lack of preparation.^[15] Para-athlete Palitha Bandara will also compete.^[16]

On 3 August 2022, Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal after finishing the race in 10.14 seconds.^[17] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in athletics after 24 years since Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Thilakaratne's medal feats at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[18] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in either men's and women's 100m event.^[19] During the heats, Abeykoon managed to set an all-time fastest ever timing in Commonwealth Games history in the heats after finishing with a timing of 10.06 seconds. The previous record in 100m men's heats record was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who had finished his heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[20] His timing of 10.06 seconds earned him a spot in the semi-finals.^{[21] [22]} Yupun finished with a timing of 10.20 seconds semi-final which helped him to secure a berth into the final and was also the only Asian athlete to qualify for the final.^[23]

Palitha Bandara claimed a silver medal in men's F42-44/61-64 discus throw final after clearing a distance of 44.20 meters garnering 944 points.^{[24] [25] [26]} Bandara became the first Sri Lankan to win a Para Sports medal for Sri Lanka in Commonwealth Games history.^[27]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yupun Abeykoon	Men's 100 m	10.06	1 Q	10.20	4 q	10.14
Kalinga Kumarage	Men's 400 m	46.53	4 q	47.00	7	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gayanthika Abeyratne	Women's 800 m	2:01.20	5	did not advance
Women's 1500 m	4:16.97	7	did not advance
Nilani Ratnayake	Women's 3000 m steeplechase≤	10:00.34	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Sumeda Ranasinghe	Men's javelin throw	70.22	10
Palitha Bandara	Men's discus throw F44/64	44.20
Sarangi Silva	Women's long jump	6.42	10 q	6.07	13

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. On May 4, 2022, Badminton Sri Lanka named a team of eight athletes (four of each gender).^[28] Sri Lanka's also qualified for the team event after being one of the top 14 nations in the BWF Ranking as of February 1, 2022.^[29] The final team announcement dropped two women, meaning the final team size was six (four men and two women).^[6]

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
Dumindu Abeywickrama	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 2–1 (21–7, 20–22, 21–11)	W 2–0 (21–11, 22–20)	L 0–2 (9–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne	W 2–0 (21–6, 21–6)	W 2–0 (21–6, 21–5)	L 0–2 (13–21, 11–21)	did not advance
Suhasni Vidanage	Women's singles		L 0–2 (11–21, 14–21)	did not advance
Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Men's doubles		W 2–0 (21–12, 21–9)	W 2–0 (21–12, 21–8)	L 0–2 (16–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	Mixed doubles		W 2–0 (21–11, 21–18)	W 2–0 (21–18, 21–8)	L 0–2 (12–21, 19–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

See main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team.

Summary

Squad

• Dumindu Abeywickrama
• Sachin Dias
• Buwaneka Goonethilleka
• Niluka Karunaratne
• Thilini Hendahewa
• Suhasni Vidanage

Group stage

Quarterfinals

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. On 19 March 2022, Sri Lanka qualified in both the men's and women's tournaments. This was achieved by both teams winning the Asian Qualifiers that were held in Negombo, Sri Lanka.^[30] This will be the first time Sri Lanka will be competing in the women's event.^[31] The teams were officially deemed as qualified on April 26, 2022.^{[32] [33]}

Summary

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Malinta Yapa Ashen Rashmika	Men's	L 0–2 (13–21, 12–21)	L 1–2 (14-21, 21–19, 15–9)	W 2–0 (21–11, 21–11)	3 Q	L 1–2 (21–16, 16–21, 9–15)	did not advance
Deepika Bandara Chaturika Weerasinghe	Women's	L 0–2 (10–21, 12–21)	L 0–2 (8–21, 10–21)	W WO	3 Q	L 0–2 (9–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Men's tournament

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament. Group A--------

Quarterfinals

Women's tournament

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament. Group B--------

Quarterfinals

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka entered eight boxers (five men and three women).^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vidanalange Bandara	51 kg		L 0–5	did not advance
Rukmal Prasanna	54 kg		W 3–2	L 1–3	did not advance
Jeewantha Nisshanka	57 kg		L 0–5	did not advance
Sanjeewa Bandara	63.5 kg	L 0–5	did not advance
Niklas Vittalis	71 kg		L 0–5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nadeeka Pushpakumari	48 kg		L 0–4	did not advance
Keshani Hansika	50 kg		L 0–5	did not advance
Sajeewani Coorey	57 kg	W 5–0	L	did not advance

Cricket

See main article: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka secured its place in the tournament by winning the Commonwealth Games Qualifier on 24 January 2022.^{[34] [35]} The final roster of 15 athletes was named on July 19, 2022.^[36]

Summary

Roster

• Chamari Athapaththu
• Nilakshi de Silva
• Kavisha Dilhari
• Sachini Gonapinuwala
• Achini Kulasuriya
• Ama Kanchana
• Sugandika Kumari
• Hasini Perera
• Udeshika Prabodhani
• Inoka Ranaweera
• Oshadi Ranasinghe
• Anushka Sanjeewani
• Harshitha Samarawickrama
• Prasadani Weerakkody
• Imesha Witharana

Group play

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Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka entered one male diver.^[37]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Dulanjan Fernando	1 m springboard	188.15	11 Q	232.50	11
3 m springboard	217.95	15	did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka's gymnastics team consisted of eight athletes (three men and five women).^[6]

Artistic

Sri Lanka's artistic gymnastics team consisted of seven athletes (three men and four women).^[6]

Men

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Ruchira Fernando	align=left rowspan=4	Team	11.200	12.000	10.250	13.150	11.250	10.700	68.550	20 Q
Malin Fernando	did not start
Hansa Kumarasinghege		9.050	4.150	10.100
Total	11.200	21.050	14.400	23.250	11.250	10.700	91.850	10

Individual Finals

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Milka Gehani	align=left rowspan=5	Team	12.800	12.000	9.770	10.650	45.200	19 Q
Kaushini Gamage	11.400	7.000	8.000	7.850	34.250	29
Amaya Kalukottage	11.900	7.150	8.550	8.750	36.350	27
Kumudi Abeyratne	10.350	5.500	9.100	7.350	32.300	30
Total	36.100	26.150	27.400	27.250	116.900	8

Individual Finals

Rhythmic

Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast.^[6]

Individual Qualification

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka entered five judoka (three men and two women).^[38]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Priyankara Wimukthi	Men's 60 kg	L 00–10	did not advance				=9
Chamara Repiyallage	Men's 73 kg	W 10s1–00s2	L 00s1–10s1	Did not advance	L 00s1–10	Did not advance	=7
Rajitha Pushpakumara	Men's 81 kg	L 00–10	did not advance				=9
Chamila Marappulige	Women's 48 kg	L 00–10	did not advance				9
Hiruni Withana	Women's +78 kg	L 00―10	did not advance				9

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. As of 28 November 2021, Sri Lanka qualified for both the men's and women's tournaments, for a total of 26 athletes (13 per gender). This was achieved after the country was the top ranked eligible nation during the 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series^[39] and 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series respectively.^[40] The women's team will be making its Commonwealth Games debut.^[40]

Summary

team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal /	Semifinal /	Final / /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka men	Men's tournament	L 5–63	L 19–47	L 0–44	4	L 19–38	W 27–14	L 24–26	14
Sri Lanka women	Women's tournament	L 0–57	L 0–60	L 0–74	4		L 0–58	L 0–52	8

Men's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament.

RosterThe roster was officially named on April 25, 2022.^[41]

• Dilruksha Dange
• Sudaraka Dikkumbura
• Dansha Chandradas
• Mithun Hapugoda
• Ravindu Hettiarachchi
• Buddhima Kudachchige
• Kavindu Perera
• Reeza Raffaideen
• Nigel Ratwatte
• Ashan Ratwatte
• Chathura Senavirathne
• Srinath Sooriyabandara
• Adeesha Weerathunga

Pool A

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Classification quarterfinals

13th-16th semifinals

13th place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament.

RosterThe roster was officially named on April 25, 2022.^[41]

• Anusha Attanayaka
• Kumari Dilrukshi
• Jeewanthi Gunawardhana
• Sandika Hemakumari
• Dilini Kanchana
• Charani Liyanage
• Shanika Madumali
• Kanchana Mahendran
• Dulani Pallikkondage
• Ayesha Perera
• Nipuni Rasanjali
• Anushika Samaraweera
• Umayangana Thathsarani

Pool A

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Classification semifinals

Seventh place match

Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka's four member squash team (two men and two women) was named on July 3, 2022.^[42]

Singles

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	Rank
Ravindu Laksiri	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 3–1	L 0–3	did not advance
Shameel Wakeel	W 3–2	L 0–3	did not advance
Chanithma Sinaly	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		L 0–3	did not advance
Yeheni Kuruppu	W 3–2	L 0–3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ravindu Laksiri Shameel Wakeel	Men's doubles	W 2–0	L 0–2	did not advance
Chanithma Sinaly Yeheni Kuruppu	Women's doubles	L 0–2	did not advance
Shameel Wakeel Chanithma Sinaly	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	L 0–2	did not advance
Ravindu Laksiri Yeheni Kuruppu	L 1–2	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka entered two swimmers (one per gender).^[37]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Akalanka Peiris	Men's 50 m backstroke	26.15	21	did not advance
Men's 50 m butterfly	24.89	22	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ganga Senavirathne	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.17	20	did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke	2:26.63	10	did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. At the conclusion of the rankings period on February 28, 2022, Sri Lanka qualified ten weightlifters (six men and four women).^{[43] [44]} Arshika Vijaybaskar later received a reallocated quota spot, increasing the team to 11 athletes (six men and five women).^{[45] [46]} However, Vijaybaskar was not on the final team list.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch (kg)		Clean & Jerk (kg)		Total (kg)	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dilanka Isuru Kumara	55 kg	105	3	120	3	225
Thilanka Palangasinghe	61 kg	100	6
Chaturanga Lakmal	67 kg	119	4	140	6	259	5
Indika Dissanayake	73 kg	133	4
Chinthana Vidanage	81 kg	127	9	155	10	282	9
Ushan Charuka	+109 kg	138	9	175	8	313	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch (kg)		Clean & Jerk (kg)		Total (kg)	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Srimali Samarakoon	49 kg	65	8	87	7	152	8
Chamari Warnakulasuriya	55 kg	70	8	94	6	164	7
Chathurika Priyanthi	87 kg	81	7	111	6	192	7
Trimalee Haputenne	+87 kg	89	7	110	8	199	8

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. On April 11, 2022, the Wrestling Federation of Sri Lanka selected six wrestlers (two men and four women) to compete at the games.^{[47] [48]} A sixth wrestler, Shanith Chathuranga, scheduled to compete in the 74 kg, left the athletes village, and was believed to have fled.^[49] Nethmi Poruthotage won a bronze medal in the Women's 57 kg event, marking the country's first ever medal in the sport of wrestling and becoming the youngest ever Sri Lankan medalist at the Commonwealth Games.^[50]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Suresh Fernando	Men's 86 kg	W 2–0	L 0–10	did not advance			8
Nethmi Poruthotage	Women's 57 kg		W	L 0–10		W 10–0
Sachini Weraduwage	Women's 62 kg		L 0–10	did not advance			7

Concerns and controversies

The participation of Sri Lanka at the games came at a critical juncture, especially with Sri Lanka facing its worst financial and economic crisis since independence. The athletes who are competing had endured severe difficulties to move on with their usual lifestyles and faced constraints with regard to training due to fuel shortages.^{[51] [52] [53] [54]}

There were concerns raised by citizens and critics over Sri Lanka sending huge number of athletes for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at a time when Sri Lanka is in dire situation and foreign exchange crisis. Sri Lanka Cricket stepped in voluntarily during the need of the hour by financing the accommodation and travelling costs and expenses of participants and officials worth LKR 20 million.^[55]

As of 4 August 2022, at least 3 members of the Sri Lankan contingent are reportedly missing from the villages including a female judoka and a male wrestler.^{[56] [57]} Sri Lankan administrators had asked its athletes and officials to hand over their passports ever since the news broke out regarding missing competitors.^{[58] [59]}

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

External links

• Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site

Notes and References

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5. News: Premalal. Susil. 19 July 2022. No table tennis for Sri Lanka at Commonwealth Games. Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 20 July 2022.
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11. News: Wason. Ian. T&T MEN’S 3X3 BASKETBALL TEAM QUALIFIES FOR 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Wason Audio Visual Entertainment. 24 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211111121237/https://wavetvtt.com/2021/11/11/tt-mens-3x3-basketball-team-qualifies-for-2022-commonwealth-games/. 11 November 2021. 11 November 2021. live.
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21. Web site: Yupun Abeykoon qualifies for CWG semis, fastest in 100m heats - Sports Daily Mirror. 2022-08-04. www.dailymirror.lk. English.
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29. Web site: CGF Sport Update. Commonwealth Sport. 14 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220413131918/https://mcusercontent.com/f10a798540c235ff87d5c474b/files/c7aec437-8d39-29e3-eb1c-bd417bb5fbea/24_03_2022_CGF_Sport_Update_to_CGAs.pdf. 13 April 2022. 5. 24 March 2022. live.
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