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Junior National Championship 2024 – Results

E: No. 101A 5000m U20 Men Final Place BIB Athlete Name Country/Affiliate Date of Birth Performance Remarks 1 1311 S Thudiharshidan Hindu National College, Matale 25022005 16:04.70 2 1264 A...

USA announces team of 120 for Paris Olympics

Olympic champions Valarie Allman, Ryan Crouser, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Katie Moon are among the 120 athletes named on the US team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August. Allman and...

Jamaica names team for Paris Olympic Games (Full List)

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Hansle Parchment are among the global champions who feature on Jamaica’s team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Fraser-Pryce claimed 100m titles at both the...

Sri Lanka Athletics look to field relay teams for World Junior Championships

Sri Lanka Athletics will look for possible candidates to form men’s 4×100 m and 4x400m relay teams for the World Junior Championships when it conducts the Junior National Athletics Championship...

Sports Ministry Owes Millions to Athletes

Sri Lanka’s medal-winning athletes at the Asian Games 2023 are yet to receive their prize money from the Sports Ministry, even though a year has passed since their remarkable triumph....

No More Wild Cards for Olympics

Olympic Chef de Mission, Chandana Liyanage, has announced that Sri Lanka will no longer receive wild cards or tripartite invitations. Instead, the focus should be solely on securing direct qualifications...

Six Sri Lankans Athletes Secure Paris Olympic Tickets

Sri Lanka is poised to send six athletes to the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Among them, four athletes including three from track and field secured their spots through world rankings,...

Aruna Darshana Secures Paris Olympic Ticket

Quarter-miler Aruna Darshana has officially qualified to compete in the Paris Olympic Games 2024, as confirmed by Sri Lanka Athletics. Despite being initially ranked 51st in the Road to Paris...

Sri Lanka Athletics appeals for Tharanga’s Olympic inclusion

Sri Lanka Athletics has made an appeal to consider providing an Olympic berth to javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga who has the tenth longest throw in the world this season despite...

We should be ashamed-NOSL Secretary

General Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL), Maxwell de Silva, stated that Sri Lanka should be ashamed of the number of athletes who reached Olympic qualification....

Smallest Olympic team in 40 years

Sri Lanka is poised to send its smallest Olympic team in four decades to the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Currently, only five athletes have secured their tickets. Among them are...

ගස් උඩයි ළිං පතුලෙයි සිට ඔලිම්පික් යන කවුද මේ ලේකම්ගේ

වසර 17ක ආසියානු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙල පදක්කම් සිහිනය සැබෑ කරමින් පසුගිය වසරේ පැවති ආසියානු ක්‍රීඩා උලෙලේ දී පළමු පදක්කම දිනා දුන්නේ නදීශා දිල්හානි ලේකම්ගේ. ඒ් ලක්මව රිදී පදක්කමකින් සරසමින්. පසුගිය වසරේ ආසියානු...

Olympic Dreams Dashed by Neglected Facilities

Over the past few months, Sri Lankan athletes have crisscrossed the globe, competing in various events, all with one goal: securing that elusive Olympic berth. However, their training grounds tell...

Tharushi and Lekamge qualify for Paris Olympics

Middle-distance runner Tharushi Karunarathne and javelin thrower Dilhani Lekamge have secured their qualification for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games based on World Athletics rankings. The qualification period concluded on...

Tharushi’s Olympic Hopes Hang in the Balance

Tharushi Karunarathne’s bid for an Olympic berth saw a slight improvement, although the desired outcome did not materialize during the 600m special trial held at Diyagama earlier today. Tharushi, with...

Real Chance for Tharushi with 600M Tomorrow

Tharushi Karunarathne, stands on the brink of enhancing her Paris Olympic placement. Tomorrow, during Sri Lanka Athletics’ special selection trial at Diyagama Stadium, Tharushi will compete in the 600m event—a...

102nd Nationals – All Challenge Trophy winners

1. THE DUNCAN WHITE CHALLENGE CUP Will be awarded to the Men athlete whose performance is considered the best in the Men’s Hurdles Events at the meet 3152 – K...

Aruna shines with highest honour

Quarter-miler Aruna Darshana, who clocked an impressive 45.51 seconds to secure victory in the 400m event, claimed the highest honors at the 102nd National Championship. His outstanding performance earned him...

Tharushi Karunarathne & Harsha Karunarathne

More Awards for Karunarathne Family

Adding to their impressive achievements, the Karunarathne family secured more awards at the 102nd National Athletics championship. Tharushi Karunarathne, with her outstanding 800m performance of 2:04.22 seconds, claimed the Colombo...

Six SL Juniors Qualify for World Junior Championships

At the conclusion of the 102nd National Athletics Championship held at Diyagama, six talented Sri Lankan junior athletes secured qualification for the World Junior Athletics Championship 2023. Jathya Kirulu (400m...

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