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Sri Lanka at the 2022 Asian Games

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Sri Lanka at the
2022 Asian Games
IOC codeSRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
in Hangzhou, China
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Competitors84+12 in 20+1[a] sports
Flag bearers (opening)Anura Rohana
Gayanthika Abeyratne
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Officials57
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8, 2023. This was Sri Lanka's 19th appearance at the Asian Games, having competed at every Games since the second edition in 1951.

Originally on July 26, 2023, a team of 96 athletes (62 men and 34 women) were named to the team competing in 21 sports.[1][2] A total of 57 officials (including coaches) were also included in the final delegation.[3][4] In September 2023, two track and field athletes withdrew due to injury, while a male artistic gymnast was added, bringing the final team to 95 athletes (61 men and 34 women). The 95 athletes marked a decline of 78 athletes from the 2018 Asian Games, because the country chose only athletes with medal winning possibilities.[5]

On September 14, 2023 it was announced golfer Anura Rohana and athlete Gayanthika Abeyratne would be the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[6] At the age of 52, Rohana became the oldest flagbearer in Asian Games history.[7]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Officially competing under Sri Lanka
Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 1 3
Athletics 6 8 14
Badminton 1 0 1
Beach volleyball 0 2 2
Boxing 2 0 2
Chess 1 0 1
Cricket 15 15 30
Esports 4 0 4
Golf 4 0 4
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Judo 1 0 1
Karate 1 1 2
Rowing 2 2 4
Sailing 1 1 2
Squash 2 1 3
Swimming 2 1 3
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Weightlifting 2 0 2
Wushu 2 0 2
Wrestling 0 1 1
Total 50 34 84
Competing under Independent Athletes
Sport Men Women Total
Rugby sevens 12 0 12

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered three archers (two men and one woman).[8]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sajeev De Silva Men's individual recurve
Wasantha Kumara Men's individual compound
Anuradha Karunaratne Women's individual compound

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered 16 athletes (eight per gender).[8] Later Yupun Abeykoon and Ushan Thiwanka withdrew due to injury.[9][10] This reduced the final team to 14 athletes (six men and eight women).[11]

Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Aruna Darshana Men's 400 m 46.07 3 q 46.09 6
Kalinga Kumarage 45.57 1 Q 46.22 7
Aruna Darshana
Dinuka Deshan
Pasindu Kodikara
Kalinga Kumarage
Pabasara Niku
Rajitha Rajakaruna 		Men's 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.60 2 Q 3:02.55 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tharushi Karunarathna
Nadeesha Ramanayake
Jayeshi Uththara
Lakshima Mendis 		Women's 4 × 400 m relay — 3:30.88 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rumeshika Ratnayake Women's 200 m 24.51 3 Did not advance
Nadeesha Ramanayake Women's 400 m 52.67 2 Q 52.72 5
Gayanthika Abeyratne Women's 800 m 2:07.17 Q 2:05.87 8
Tharushi Karunarathna 2:05.48 Q 2:03.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gayanthika Abeyratne Women's 1500 m — 4:18.77 4
Aruna Darshana
Kalinga Kumarage
Rajitha Rajakaruna
Gayanthika Abeyratne
Tharushi Karunarathna
Nadeesha Ramanayake 		Mixed 4 × 400 m relay — 3:14.25DSQ 2nd
Field events
Women
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Sarangi Silva Long jump 6.14 6
Dilhani Lekamge Javelin throw 61.57 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered one male badminton athlete.[8]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Viren Nettasinghe Men's

Beach volleyball

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Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered one female pair.[8]

Athletes Event Preliminary Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Deepika Bandara
Chaturika Weerasinghe 		Women's  Xue /
Xia (CHN)
L 0–2 (5–21, 8–21) 		 Ivanchenko /
Kabulbekova (KAZ)
L 1–2 (12–21, 21–12, 8–15) 		 Shin /
Kim (KOR)
W 2–0 (25–23, 21–12) 		 Eslapor /
Rodriguez (PHI)
L 0–2 (10–21, 17–21) 		4 Q  Naraphornrapat /
Kongphopsarutawadee (THA)
L 0–2 (10–21, 10–21) 		Did not advance 9

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered two male boxers.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Rukmal Prasanna −57 kg  Salim Hossain (BAN)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Niraj Wijewardane −71 kg Bye  Kan Chia-wei (TPE)
L 0–5 		Did not advance

Chess

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Main article: Chess at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered one male chess player.[8]

Men

Cricket

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Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered one men's and women's teams (each consisting of 15 athletes) for a total of 30 competitors.[8]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Qualifier Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sri Lanka women's Women's tournament Bye — Bye  Thailand
W
by 8 wickets
84/2–78/7 		 Pakistan
W
by 6 wickets
77/4–75/9 		 India
L
by 19 runs 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sri Lanka Men's Men's tournament Bye —  Afghanistan
L
by 8 runs 		Did not advance

Men's tournament

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Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The Sri Lankan men's team consisted of 15 athletes. The team named was a second string team.[12]

Roster

Women's tournament

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Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament

The Sri Lankan women's team consisted of 15 athletes.[13]

Roster
Quarterfinals
22 September 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Thailand 
78/7 (15 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
84/2 (10.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (IND) and Narayanan Sivan (MAS)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
Semifinals
24 September 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
75/9 (20 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
77/4 (16.3 overs)
Shawaal Zulfiqar 16 (27)
Udeshika Prabodhani 3/21 (4 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 23 (41)
Sadia Iqbal 1/13 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Masudur Rahman (BAN)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Final
25 September 2023
14:00
Scorecard
India 
116/7 (20 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
97/8 (20 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 46 (45)
Udeshika Prabodhani 2/16 (3 overs)
Hasini Perera 25 (22)
Titas Sadhu 3/6 (4 overs)
India won by 19 runs
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Masudur Rahman (BAN)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Esports

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Main article: Esports at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered four male esports competitors.[14][15][16]

Men

Golf

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Main article: Golf at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered four male golfers.[8]

Men
Athlete(s) Event Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Rank
Prabagaran Kandasamy Individual
Thangaraja Nadaraja
Mithun Perera
Anura Rohana
Prabagaran Kandasamy
Thangaraja Nadaraja
Mithun Perera
Anura Rohana 		Team

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2022 Asian Games

Artistic

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Sri Lanka entered one male artistic gymnast after entries were closed.[17]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Nadila Nethviru All-around 11.866 10.266 10.866 13.433 12.800 10.733 69.964 17 Q 12.033 10.100 10.333 13.500 12.833 12.266 71.065 17

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered one judoka.[8]

Men

Karate

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Main article: Karate at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered two karateka (one per gender).[8]

Men
Women

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered four rowers (two per gender).[8]

Athletes Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohamed Nafiran Men's single sculls 7:37.03 4 R 7:48.92 2 SA/B 7:57.55 5 FB 7:39.20 10
Mohamed Nafiran
Nuwan Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage 		Men's double sculls 7:01.92 4 R 7:23.07 4 FB — 7:05.08 9
Maheshi Bhadra Women's single sculls 8:53.68 3 SA/B Bye 8:57.65 5 FB 8:36.99 11
Maheshi Bhadra
Jayani Hirunika 		Women's double sculls 7:50.29 5 R 8:20.63 5 FB — 8:03.66 10

Rugby sevens

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Further information: Independent Athletes at the 2022 Asian Games

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered two sailors (one per gender).[8]

Athlete Event Race Total
Points 		Net
Points 		Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Tharen Nanayakkara Boy's ICLA4 11 11 10 11 11 11
Arianna Tranchell Girl's ICLA4 6 7 6 3 6 7

Squash

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Main article: Squash at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered three squash athletes (two men and one woman).[18]

Men
Women

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Asian Games

Sri Lanka entered three swimmers (two men and one woman).[19]

Men
Women

Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2022 Asian Games

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games

Wushu

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Main article: Wushu at the 2022 Asian Games

Non-participating sports

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Sri Lanka qualified both its men's and women's teams for the field hockey competitions.[20] The National Sports Selection Committee of Sri Lanka (NSSC) decided to withdraw both teams due to the economic crisis facing Sri Lanka and lack of medal chances.[20]

Notes

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  1. ^ 12 rugby sevens athletes officially competed as Independent Athletes (OCA) competing under the Olympic Council of Asia flag

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "153-Member contingent for this year's Asian Games". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ "96 athletes from SL to compete in this year's Asian Games". The Morning. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ Premalal, Susil (26 July 2023). "Minister approves 153-member contingent for Asian Games". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Laka. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ Rahaman, TB (30 July 2023). "20 managers, 24 coaches accompany athletes to Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ Mohammed, Ahmed (26 March 2023). "Sri Lanka to compete in 17 sports at Asian Games". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ Priyankara, Niroshan (14 September 2023). "Anura and Gayanthika to lead Sri Lanka at Asian Games". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ Jayakody, Sajeewa (18 September 2023). "Anura Rohana to make Asian Games history at 52". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "57 officials on the bandwagon for Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. ^ Mirza, Firoz (13 September 2023). "South Asia's fastest sprinter Yupun Abeykoon out of Asian Games". The New Indian Express. Chennai, India. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ^ Fernando, Reemus (13 September 2023). "Blow to SL medal hopes as Yupun withdraws from Asian Games". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  11. ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika (13 September 2023). "Yupun withdraws from Asian Games". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Arachchige, Chamari lead men's and women's teams at Asian Games cricket". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Cricket Squads announced for Asian Games". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Sri Lanka's National Esports Team looking to bring back gold". bizenglish.adaderana.lk. Ada Derana. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Sri Lanka's National Esports Team eyeing Asian Games Gold". themorning.lk. The Morning. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Sri Lanka's National Esports Team". newswire.lk. Newswire. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  17. ^ Jayakody, Sajeewa (10 September 2023). "Unwanted Sri Lankan becomes most wanted". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  18. ^ Jayakody, Sajeewa (12 September 2023). "Sri Lanka's squash stars eye medals at Asian Games". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  19. ^ Jayakody, Sajeewa (14 September 2023). "Sri Lanka to send strong swimming contingent to Asian Games". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  20. ^ a b Premalal, Susil (26 January 2023). "Hockey removed from Sri Lanka Asian Games contingent". Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Laka. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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