Athletics

Sri Lankan Juniors lose the opportunity of participating in the U20 World Athletics Championship!!!

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4 years ago

July 29, 2022

Editor

The U20 World Athletics Championships are scheduled to be held in Cali, Colombia from August 1 to 6 this year. The squad of players representing Sri Lanka for the tournament had been officially announced. Five male players and two female players were selected for that.

Accordingly, Tarushi Karunaratne qualified for the women’s 400m and 800m events, while Amesha Hettiarachchi qualified for the women’s 400m hurdles event.

Hirusha Hashen has qualified for the men’s long jump event in the world championship and Pasindu Malshan has been selected to represent Sri Lanka in the triple jump event. Kaweesha Bandara has qualified to participate in the 110m hurdles event and Dhanuka Darshan has qualified to participate in the 400m hurdles event. A young Sri Lankan athlete was also qualified to represent the javelin throwing event in the Under-20 World Championship. He is Rumesh Tharanga.

However, these athletes have qualified for the World Championship Athletics Tournament for their skills, but due to the incompetence and irresponsible actions of the administration, these athletes have not participated in the World Championship Youth Athletics Tournament held in Colombia. That is because it is not possible to get air tickets to travel to Colombia. It is reported that the reason for this problem is that the Sports Ministry has allocated money for the tickets but did not reserve the tickets until the visas were received.

කනිෂ්ඨයන්ට ලෝක ශුරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලිය අහිමි වේ!!!

විස්සෙන් පහළ ලෝක මලල ක්‍රීඩා ශුරතාවය මේ වසරේ අගෝස්තු 1 වෙනිදා සිට 6 වෙනිදා දක්වා කොලොම්බියාවේ Caliහි දී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව පවති. එම තරගාවලිය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් සහභාගි වන ක්‍රීඩක සංචිතය නිල වශයෙන් නිවේදනය කර තිබුණි . ඒ සඳහා ක්‍රීඩකයන් පස්දෙනෙකු සහ ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් දෙදෙනෙකු තේරී පත්ව සිටි.

ඒ අනුව කාන්තා මීටර් 400 සහ 800 ඉසව් සඳහා තරුෂි කරුණාරත්න සුදුසුකම් ලබද්දී අමේෂා හෙට්ටිආරච්චි කාන්තා මීටර් 400 කඩුලු පැනීම ඉසව්ව සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත.

ලෝක ශුරතාවයේ පිරිමි දුර පැනීම ඉසව්ව සඳහා හිරුෂ හෂේන් සුදුසුකම් හිමිකර ගෙන ඇති අතර තුන් පිම්ම පැනීමේ ඉසව්ව සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කිරිමට පසිඳු මල්ෂාන් තේරී පත්ව සිටි. මීටර් 110 කඩුලු පැනීමේ ඉසව්ව සඳහා කවීෂ බණ්ඩාර සහභාගි වීමට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇති අතර ධනුක දර්ශන මීටර් 400 කඩුලු පැනීමේ ඉසව්වෙන් මෙවර යොවුන් ලෝක ශූරතාවයට සහභාගි වීමට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. විස්සෙන් පහළ ලෝක ශුරතාවයේ හෙල්ල විසි කිරීම ඉසව්ව නියෝජනය කිරීමටත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් ක්‍රීඩකයකු සුදුසුකම් ලබා සිටි. ඔහු රුමේෂ් තරංගයි.

කෙසේවෙතත් මෙම ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් සිය දක්ෂතාවයන් අතින් ලෝක ශුරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියට සුදුසුකම් ලබා සිටියත් පරිපාලනයේ නොහැකියාව සහ වගකීම් විරහිත ක්‍රියා කළාපය හේතුවෙන් මෙම ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට මේ වන විට කොලොම්බියාවේ පවත්වන ලෝක ශුරතා යොවුන් මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියට සහභාගි නොවී සිටිමට සිදු වී තිබේ. ඒ කොලොම්බියාව බලා ගමන් කිරීමට ගුවන් ප්‍රවේශපත් ලබා ගත නොහැකි වී ඇති බැවින් ය. ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය ප්‍රවේශ පත්‍ර සඳහා මුදල් වෙන්කර තිබුණත් වීසා ලැබෙන තුරු ප්‍රවේශ පත්‍ර වෙන් කර නොගැනීම මෙම ගැටලුවට හේතූ වී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ.

U20 உலக தடகள சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்கும் வாய்ப்பை இழந்த இலங்கை இளையோர்!!!

U20 உலக தடகள சாம்பியன்ஷிப் இந்த ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் 1 முதல் 6 வரை கொலம்பியாவின் காலி நகரில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. போட்டிக்கான இலங்கையை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் வீரர்களின் குழாம் உத்தியோகபூர்வமாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அதற்காக ஐந்து ஆண் வீரர்களும் இரண்டு பெண் வீராங்கனைகளும் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டனர்.

இதன்படி, பெண்களுக்கான 400 மீற்றர் மற்றும் 800 மீற்றர் போட்டிகளுக்கு தருஷி கருணாரத்ன தகுதி பெற்றுள்ள அதேவேளை, பெண்களுக்கான 400 மீற்றர் தடைதாண்டல் போட்டிக்கு அமேஷா ஹெட்டியாராச்சி தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளார்.

உலக சம்பியன்ஷிப் தொடரில் ஆண்களுக்கான நீளம் தாண்டுதல் போட்டிக்கு ஹிருஷா ஹஷேன் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளதுடன், மும்முறை தாண்டுதல் போட்டியில் இலங்கையை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்த பசிந்து மல்ஷான் தெரிவாகியுள்ளார். கவீஷா பண்டார 110 மீற்றர் தடை ஓட்டப் போட்டியில் பங்குபற்றுவதற்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளதுடன், தனுக தர்ஷன் 400 மீற்றர் தடை ஓட்டப் போட்டியில் பங்குபற்றுவதற்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளனர். 20 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட உலக சம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டியில் ஈட்டி எறிதல் நிகழ்வைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்துவதற்கும் இலங்கையின் இளம் தடகள வீரர் ஒருவர் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளார். அவர் ருமேஷ் தரங்கா.

எனினும், இந்த விளையாட்டு வீரர்கள் தங்களது திறமைக்காக உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் தடகள போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளனர், ஆனால் நிர்வாகத்தின் திறமையின்மை மற்றும் பொறுப்பற்ற செயல்களால், இந்த விளையாட்டு வீரர்கள் கொலம்பியாவில் நடைபெறவுள்ள உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் இளைஞர் தடகள போட்டியில் பங்கேற்க முடியாமல் போயுள்ளது. கொலம்பியா செல்வதற்கு விமான டிக்கெட்டுகளைப் பெற முடியாது என்பதே அதற்குக் காரணம். விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சகம் டிக்கெட்டுகளுக்கு பணம் ஒதுக்கியிருந்தாலும், விசா கிடைக்கும் வரை டிக்கெட்டுகளை முன்பதிவு செய்யாததே இந்த சிக்கலுக்கு காரணம் என்று தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.

Athletics

Hero’s Welcome for Golden Girl Wasana

Published

2 weeks ago

May 3, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka celebrated in style as its lone gold medalist Nipuni Wasana at the 6th Asian Beach Games returned home to a rousing welcome, marking a proud moment for the nation.

Airwoman Nipuni Wasana stole the spotlight in Sanya, China, where she clinched gold in the Women’s 50kg Beach Wrestling event. In the final, she overcame Vietnam’s Doan Thi Kim Oanh with a composed and commanding performance, securing a historic victory for Sri Lanka.

Her achievement was met with a grand at Bandaranaike International Airport, where Air Force personnel, sports officials, and supporters gathered to honor her success. Wasana was also given the distinction of carrying the national flag at the closing ceremony, highlighting her status as the country’s top performer at the Games.

Sri Lanka wrapped up its campaign with a total of seven medals one gold, two silver, and four bronze demonstrating competitive strength across multiple disciplines.

The Women’s Beach Kabaddi team delivered an impressive performance to secure silver, while the Men’s team contributed with a bronze medal finish. In Athletics, Ishara Samanmali earned silver in the women’s long jump, and Sashikala Lankathilaka claimed bronze. The Men’s 4x60m relay team also added to the tally with a bronze-winning effort.

A contingent of 77 Sri Lankan athletes competed in eight sports at the Games. Although several disciplines did not produce medals, the team achieved a respectable 10th place overall.
Host nation China dominated the medal standings with 24 gold medals, followed by Thailand and Iran.

Athletics

Tharanga Claims Historic Gold in Nairobi with Record-Breaking Throw

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3 weeks ago

April 26, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka’s rising javelin sensation Rumesh Tharanga delivered a remarkable performance on the international stage, clinching gold at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi with a stunning meet record throw of 89.28 metres.

Competing against an elite field, Tharanga outshone some of the sport’s biggest names, including Olympic champion Thomas Röhler and Kenya’s celebrated Olympic silver medallist and world champion Julius Yego. His victory marks one of the most significant achievements in Sri Lankan athletics in recent years.

The triumph is further highlighted by Tharanga’s consistency, as this is his second throw exceeding 89 metres within a month. Such performances signal his growing dominance and position him firmly among the world’s top javelin throwers this season.

Athletics

SLA Secretary Resigns Just Weeks After Appointment

Published

4 weeks ago

April 19, 2026

Editor

Madhawa Bandara Senarath has stepped down from his role as Secretary of Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA), only about a month after assuming office. His resignation was submitted shortly before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, bringing an abrupt end to his brief tenure.

Sources indicate that internal disagreements within the newly appointed executive committee played a key role in his decision. The dispute is believed to have centered on the selection process for the National Junior Team set to compete at the upcoming Asian Junior Championship.

Sri Lanka Athletics is scheduled to hold its first executive committee meeting after the New Year on April 21. During this meeting, an acting secretary is expected to be appointed to temporarily fill the position. A permanent replacement will later be chosen at a special general meeting.