SL Athletes ready to compete tomorrow at Jakartha

Team includes the entire Elite National poolists comprising the recent medallists at the Asian Indoor Athletic Championship except for athletes who are training outside Sri Lanka.

Around 1000 participants from several countries will compete in the eight sports test events which AASL saw as an opportunity for the National athletes to have the much needed competition in a proper track ahead of the Asian and Commonwealth Games.

Eighteen teams have confirmed participation in the event, which will go on till 15 February in the capital Jakarta.

The events include weightlifting, athletics, 5×5 basketball, volleyball, archery, pencak silat (a traditional Indonesian martial art),taekwondo and boxing.

Indonesia is to stage the Asian Games in August this year, will include a total of 40 sports for a total of 462 events. Over 11,000 athletes and officials from 45 nations and regions will take part in the Games.

Team

Men:

1. Himasha Eshan 100, 4×100,
2. Vinoj Suranjaya 100, 200, 4×100,
3. Shehan Ambepitiya 4×100,
4. Mohammed Ashraffu 100, 4×100,
5. Dilip Ruwan 400, 4×400,
6. Kalinga Kumarage 400, 4×400,
7. Tharusha Dananjaya 4×400,
8. Nalin Karunaratna 4×400,
9. Samantha Pushpakumara 3000m steeplechase,
10. Sampath Ranasinghe javelin throw,
11. Prasad Wimalasiri long jump,
12. Danuka Liyanapathirana long jump,
13. Amila Jayasiri long jump,
14. Sanjaya Jayasinghe triple jump,
15. Ajith Karunatilaka decathlon,

Women:

1. Upamalika Ratnakumari 400 m,
2. WKLA Nimali 800 m,
3. Gayanthika Abeyrathne 800 m,
4. Nilani Ratnayaka 3000m steeplechase,
5. Champika Dilrukshi 1500 m,
6. Nadeesha Dilhani javelin throw,
7. Vidusha Lakshani triple jump,
8. Hashini Balasooriya triple jump,
9. Sachinthana Lakshani triple jump,

Manager cum Coach Sajith Jayalal and Coach Luis Miranda

Schedule