Sri Lanka at the 2010 Asian Games

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2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou
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Flag bearer Mithun Perera[1]
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Sri Lanka will participate at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Archery

Sri Lanka will send 5 archers.[2]

Men
Women

Athletics

Sri Lanka will send 21 athletes.[2]

Men
Women

Badminton

Sri Lanka will send 4 badminton athletes.[2]

Men
Women

Baseball

[5]

Sri Lanka was supposed to make its Asian Games debut in Baseball.

However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Baseball is not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka and it later withdrew.[6]

Beach Volleyball

Sri Lanka will send 2 men and women beach volleyball teams.

Men[2]
Women

Boxing

Sri Lanka was scheduled to send 7 boxers (6 men and 1 women), but 3 men boxers have withdrawn. Also 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi has withdrawn to injury.[2]

Men
Women

Cricket

Sri Lanka is one of Asia's powers in cricket, however it will only send a men's team.[7]

Sri Lanka has been seeded first, and will automatically enter the knockout round where it will play the runner up from Group B in the quarterfinal.[7]

Roster
Knockout stage
Knockout map
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
22 November        
  Pakistan   
25 November
 A2     
     
23 November
         
  Bangladesh   
26 November
 A1     
     
24 November
       
  Afghanistan   
25 November
 B1     
      Third place
24 November
         
  Sri Lanka         
 B2           
26 November
Quarterfinals

Cycling

Sri Lanka will send 2 cyclists[6]

Road

Men
Women

Golf

Sri Lanka will send 4 golfers, all men.[6]

Gymnastics

Sri Lanka will send 2 male gymnasts.[6]

Artistic

Men

Kabbadi

Women

However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabbadi is not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka.[6]

Karate

Sri Lanka will send one male karate athlete.[6]

Men

RJ Edward

Rowing

Sri Lanka will only send 2 rowers.[10]

Men

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka's men's team consists of 12 athletes.[11]

Men

Sailing

Sri Lanka will send 4 sailors

Men
Women

Shooting

Sri Lanka will send 4 male shooters.[6]

Men

Squash

Sri Lanka will only send a men's team.[12]

Men

Swimming

Sri Lanka will send 2 swimmers.

Men
Women

Synchronized swimming

Taekwondo

Sri Lanka will send 2 athletes in taekwondo.[6]

Men

Table tennis

Sri Lanka will send 2 paddlers.[6]

Men
Women

Tennis

Sri Lanka will send 3 male tennis athletes.[6]

Men

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka will send 2 male weightlifters.[6] However the team will not include Suresh Peris or Chintana Vindange medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth games.

Men

Wushu

Sri Lanka will send one wushu athlete.

Men

References

  1. ↑ Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.nation.lk/2010/11/07/sports5.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/10/30/spo01.asp
  4. ↑ http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/10/31/oostory.asp?sid=20101031_07&imid=kreeda31.jpg&dt=%5BOctober%2031%202010%5D
  5. ↑ Baseball at the 2010 Asian Games
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 http://www.srilankaolympic.org/2010/11/16th-asian-games-guangzhou-china-2/
  7. 1 2 Mubarak to lead Sri Lanka at 2010 Asian Games | Sri Lanka Cricket
  8. ↑ Sri Lanka's golfer Mithun focused on Asian gold The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
  9. ↑ Kabaddi girls brace for a hair raiser - Hindustan Times
  10. ↑ Rajeev and Guyan to represent Sri Lanka at rowing at Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
  11. ↑ Rugby union at the 2010 Asian Games
  12. ↑ Sri Lanka men's squash team for Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
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