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Focus on Nilani Ratnayake as SL athletes leave for India


Focus on Nilani Ratnayake as SL athletes leave for India
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The 10-member Sri Lanka athletics team left for India yesterday to take part in the 66th National Inter-State Athletics Championship from June 25 to 29 in the Punjab State, Patiala.
Earlier, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) had planned to send a 16-member contingent for this meet but the squad was reduced under instructions from the National Sport Council (NSC).
This meet will be the final chance for the Sri Lankan athletes to achieve their Olympic qualification standards.
The five frontline athletes for the Road to Olympics are Kalinga Kumarage (400m), Nimali Liyanarachchi (800m), Sumedha Ranasinghe (javelin throw), Nadeesha Ramanayake(400m) and Nilani Ratnayake (3,000m steeplechase). ....

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Karunaratne determined to raise the bar high for badminton in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s most decorated Badminton player Niluka Karunaratne, will make his third consecutive appearance at the Olympic Games, becoming the fourth Lankan to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Games.Olympics Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) and National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) confirmed that 36-year-old Karunaratne has received a tripartite commission quota from Badminton World Federation.“I am proud to be among very few sportspersons in Sri. ....

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