Categories: HeadlinesSports

Team of 139 for Commonwealth Games 79 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials

National Olympic Committee has selected a total of 79 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials for the Commonwealth Games 2018 to be held in Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April.

Former NOC Treasurer Gamini Jayasinghe has been named Chef de Mission of the team, while Vice President Sumith Edirisinghe, (who received a court injunction to represent his Hockey Association), was named General Team Manager along with Chandana Perera, while Sunethra Weerasinghe was named Lady Chaperone.

Sprinter Rumeshika Rathnayake has been added to the athletics team, which increases the number of athletes to 13. Apart from that 11 weightlifters, 12 rugby players (sevens team) and 8 shuttlers (which has raised many an eyebrow) have been included in the contingent.

This was despite recommendation of the Special Committee appointed by Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara suggesting nearly half of the contingent should comprise of athletes, as some of the sports bodies had openly admitted that they can finish only 14 or 15 out of 16 teams that are participating at the Games.

Sri Lanka has won only 14 medals across the last 18 editions of the Commonwealth Games. Apart from Athletics, Boxing, Weightlifting and Shooting, no other sport has produced a medal for SL in the history of the Commonwealth Games.
Team distribution as follows:

Aquatic Swimming – 5
Aquatic Diving – 1
Athletics – 13
Badminton – 8
Beach volleyball – 2
Boxing -6
Cycling – 2
Gymnastic (artistic) – 4
Gymnastic (Rhythmic) -1
Rugby sevens – 12
Shooting – 3
Squash – 2
Table Tennis – 6
Weightlifting – 11
Wrestling – 3

AddThis Website Tools
Lankanewspapers

Recent Posts

LNP – Invitation only for Shah Rukh Khan event

City of Dreams Sri Lanka, South Asia’s first integrated resort, announced that its grand opening…

16 hours ago

LNP – Bypass patient compelled to bring drugs worth over Rs. 100,000 from outside

Patients seeking life-saving procedures such as bypass surgeries at the Colombo National Hospital are compelled…

20 hours ago

LNP – Trump eyes simple tariff rates over complex talks, says letters going out Friday

President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what…

20 hours ago

LNP – IMF says Sri Lanka’s GDP could fall by 1.5% from US tariffs

Sri Lanka’s GDP could decline by up to 1.5 percent if the United States reinstates…

20 hours ago

LNP – Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena arrested

Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or…

20 hours ago

LNP – AliExpress halts low-cost shipping to Sri Lanka amid tax reforms

AliExpress has officially suspended several of its budget shipping options to Sri Lanka and Pakistan…

2 days ago