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Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games

Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	SRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
inJakarta & Palembang, Indonesia 18 August – 2 September
Competitors	173 in 28 sports
Flag bearer	Dinusha Gomes (opening)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Asian GamesinJakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

The Sri Lankan team was scheduled to consist of 185 athletes (138 men and 47 women), marking the large contingent the country has sent to a single edition of the Asian Games.^[1][2] The Sri Lankan team will compete in 28 sports, marking its debut in the sports of baseball, canoeing, roller sports and triathlon.^[1][3] Approximately, 60 officials and coaches were also a part of the contingent, making the total team size 245.^[4] However, the athletics team was cut to 14 athletes (from 25), making the team size 174 (128 men and 46 women), which would still make this the biggest team the country has sent to the games.^[5] Further changes made the final team size at 173 athletes (131 men and 42 women).^[6] Sri Lanka will also have an athlete competing in the demonstration event of esports.^[7]

On August 17, 2018, weightlifter Dinusha Gomes was announced as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[8]

The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka declined to enter any athletes for the games because the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka refused a request for a coach to go with the team.^[9]

Sri Lanka failed to win a medal, being jointly ranked with eight other countries for last place. The country's highest placement was two fourth-place finishes for the men's 4 × 400 m track and field relay team and the men's rugby sevens team.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sri Lanka originally had five archers (three men and two women), who met the qualification standards. However, the Sri Lankan Olympic Committee approved only one male archer.^[10]

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	Individual recurve	613	64	Roshan Nagarkoti (NEP) W 6–0	Wei Chun-heng (TPE) L 2–6	did not advance

Sri Lanka originally entered a team of 25 athletes (18 men and seven women), however the team would only be finalized after the National Championships, held in Colombo from August 3 to 5, 2018.^[11] Two athletes were given exceptions to the trials as they were training overseas: Indunil Herath and Hiruni Wijayaratne.^[12] The final team consisted of 14 athletes.^[5][13] The team was later reduced to 12 athletes (seven men and five women), after the entries of Ushan Thiwanka and Upamali Ratnakumari were rejected by organizers due to the national organization forgetting to enter their names on time.^[14][15] The track and field team failed to win a medal for the third straight Asian Games. The top placing performance was fourth by the men's 4 × 400 m relay team who finished with a time that was off the Sri Lankan record by 0.03 seconds.^[16]

Men

Track & road events

• Ruwan was the reserve and did not compete in the heats or final.

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Sri Lanka entered six badminton athletes (four men and two women).^[17][18] The team's best performance was a quarterfinals finish by the men's doubles pairs team of Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka.^[19]

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
Dinuka Karunaratne	Men's	Bye	Pui (MAC) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–15)	Ng (HKG) L 0–2 (6–21, 14–21)	did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne		Bye	Phetpradab (THA) L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa	Women's	—	Fitriani (INA) L 0–2 (6–21, 4–21)	did not advance
Kavidi Sirimannage		—	Almutairi (KSA) W 2–0 (21–4, 21–4)	Jindapol (THA) L 0–2 (4–21, 14–21)	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Men's	Che / Pui (MAC) W 2–0 (21–11, 21–8)	Azam / Ali (PAK) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–13)	Li / Liu (CHN) L 0–2 (12–21, 15–21)	did not advance
Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne		Choi / Kang (KOR) L 0–2 (16–21, 16–21)	did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage	Women's	Tang / Zheng (CHN) L 0–2 (13–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	Mixed	Do / Pham (VIE) L 1–2 (21–13, 12–21, 13–21)	did not advance

Sri Lanka made its Asian Games debut in the sport of baseball. The team first competed in the a preliminary qualification group to qualify to compete in group A.^[20][21] Sri Lanka's baseball squad consisted of 18 athletes.^[22] Sri Lanka won its debut match by beat Laos 15 to 10.^[23] However, a loss to Thailand the next day meant the team was eliminated.

Summary

Team	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Super / Consolation		Final / BM
		Oppositions Scores	Rank	Oppositions Scores	Rank	Oppositions Scores	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Sri Lanka men's	Men's tournament	Laos: W 15–10  Sri Lanka: L 3–14 (F/7)	2	did not advance					9

Roster

Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 6, 2018. The team consists of 18 athletes. The position of the player is listed in parentheses.^[24]

Round 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	2	0	29	3	1.000	—	Preliminary
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	18	24	.500	1
3	Laos	2	0	2	10	30	.000	2

22 August 14:00	Laos	10–15	Sri Lanka	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 400 Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR)
	LP: Cola Phouangkeo		WP: Chirath Karunarathne
	HR: Nalor Gniatou (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sri Lanka	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	3	15	16	1
Laos	2	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	10	13	3

23 August 14:00	Sri Lanka	3–14 (F/7)	Thailand	Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN)
	LP: Sanjeewa Jayarathne		WP: Kevin Irwin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Thailand	1	6	0	1	0	5	1	—	—	14	21	1
Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	3	9	2

Sri Lanka entered both a men's and women's 3-on-3 teams. Each team consisted of four athletes.^[25]

Roster

• Sinna Fernando
• Pawan Gamage
• Arnold Thevakumar
• Kisal Wijewarnasooriya

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	86	49	+37	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	74	53	+21
3	Indonesia	4	2	2	67	59	+8
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	3	57	66	−9
5	Vietnam	4	0	4	28	85	−57

China	21–14	Sri Lanka
Pts: Zeng B.Q.9		Pts: Brent6

Thailand	20–10	Sri Lanka
Pts: Jakrawan, Chungyampin8		Pts: Brent4

Sri Lanka	21–7	Vietnam
Pts: Brent20		Pts: Triệu H.M.4

Sri Lanka	12–18	Indonesia
Pts: Brent7		Pts: Goantara6

Roster

• Imesha Durage
• Fathima Moreseth
• Anne Ravindran
• Rashmi Don

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	59	32	+27	Quarterfinals
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	46	46	0
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	32	54	−22
4	Syria	3	0	3	42	47	−5

Sri Lanka	9–21	Indonesia
Pts: Perera, Thathsarani3		Pts: Febiananda7

South Korea	21–8	Sri Lanka
Pts: Kim J.Y.10		Pts: Perera5

Sri Lanka	15–12	Syria
Pts: Thathsarani6		Pts: Bshara7

Sri Lanka entered one male beach volleyball pair.^[26] The pair won one match and lost two, placing them third in the group. With that result, the pair did not advance out of their group.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Asanka Pradeep Sashimal Yapa	Men's	Pool B  Yakovlev – Bogatu (KAZ) L 0–2 (21–23, 11–21)  Junyoung – Hongchan (KOR) W 2–0 (21–15, 21–10)  Janko – Samba (QAT) L 0–2 (12–21, 11–21)	3	did not advance

Sri Lanka's boxing team consisted of six athletes (three men and three women).^[25][28]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Thiwanka Ranasinghe	Men's −49 kg	Mario Blasius Kali (INA) L 0–5	did not advance
Vidanalange Bandara	Men's −52 kg	Bye	Yuttapong Tongdee (THA) L RSC	did not advance
Dinindu Saparamadu	Men's −64 kg	Bakhodur Usmonov (TJK) L RSC	did not advance
Anusha Koddithuwakku	Women's −51 kg	Bye	Wada Madoka (JPN) L 1–4	did not advance
Keshani Hansika	Women's −57 kg	—	Saniya Sultankyzy (KAZ) L 0–5	did not advance
Krishmi Dharmathilake	Women's −60 kg	—	Shoira Zulkaynarova (TJK) L 0–5	did not advance

Sri Lanka entered one male kayaker.^[25]

Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; SF=Semifinals

• Results given are within the heat.

Sri Lanka qualified a men's field hockey team after winning the bronze medal at the qualifying tournament in Muscat, Oman.^[29] With the win against Hong Kong, the Sri Lankan men's field hockey team won its first game in 40 years at the Asian Games. The win in 1978 also came against Hong Kong.^[30] The Sri Lankan team finished in eighth place, after losing the 7th place match to Oman.^[31]

Roster

The following is the Sri Lanka roster in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games. The team consists of 18 athletes.^[32][33]

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	5	0	0	76	3	+73	15	Semi-finals
2	Japan	5	4	0	1	30	11	+19	12
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	39	8	+31	9	Fifth place game
4	Sri Lanka	5	2	0	3	7	41	−34	6	Seventh place game
5	Indonesia (H)	5	1	0	4	5	40	−35	3	Ninth place game
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	5	3	57	−54	0	Eleventh place game

20 August 2018 14:00 Japan  11–0  Sri Lanka Zendana  2' Ke. Tanaka  9', 19' Yamashita  11' Yamasaki  13', 28' Mitani  14' Murata  32', 34', 54' Kirishita  52' Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Salim Lucky (BAN)

22 August 2018 12:00 South Korea  8–0  Sri Lanka Kim Se.  5' Kim J.  7' Hwang W.  9' Bae J.  14' Jang  32', 42', 44' Hwang T.  52' Report Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)

24 August 2018 18:00 Sri Lanka  4–1  Hong Kong Kulathunga  7' Rathnayake  26' Sudusinghe  51' Gedara  55' Report Iu  54' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)

26 August 2018 10:00 Sri Lanka  3–1  Indonesia Sudusinghe  24' Ranasinghe  42', 54' Report Hakim  38' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Salim Lucky (BAN)

28 August 2018 16:00 India  20–0  Sri Lanka Rupinder  2', 52', 53' Harmanpreet  6', 22', 33' Akashdeep  10', 11', 18', 23', 33', 43' Prasad  32' Mandeep  36', 44', 59' Amit  38' Dipreet  53' Lalit  58', 59' Report Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)

Seventh place match

30 August 2018 15:00 Sri Lanka  2–5  Oman Sudusinghe  14' Rathnayake  55' Report M. Al-Hasani  5' Al-Fazari  23', 40' Al-Shibli  29' Shamaiaa  44' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Narongtuch Subboonsung (THA)

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Seventh place match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Sri Lanka men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–11	South Korea L 0–8	Hong Kong W 1–4	Indonesia W 1–3	India L 0–20	4	Oman L 2–5	8

Sri Lanka entered four male golfers.^[34] Before the competition began, 20 teams put in complaints to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, disputing the eligibility of three of the golfers: Mithun Perera, Nadaraja Thangarajah and Anura Rohana. The event is open to amateurs, and all three were considered professionals. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against excluding them from the games. However, the team went ahead and still replaced the three golfers.^[35] All three were replaced with Joseph De Soysa, Sachin De Silva, and Kumara Patrick.^[36]

Men

Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast.^[37][38]

Individual Qualification

• For qualification, the top three of four scores counted towards a gymnast's total.

Individual final

Sri Lanka entered two male judokas.^[39]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chamara Repiyallage	−73 kg	Bektur Rysmambetov (KGZ) L 1s1–10	did not advance
Rajitha Pushpakumara	−81 kg	Harshdeep Brar (IND) L 0s1–10	did not advance

Sri Lanka entered a men's and women's team of 12 athletes each (24 total).^[40] The women's team will participate for the first time ever.^[1][41] The president of the Sri Lankan Kabaddi federation, Anura Pathirana, resigned after both teams failed to win a medal.^[42]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sri Lanka men's	Men	India L 28−44	Thailand W 46−29	Bangladesh L 25−29	South Korea L 22−33	4	did not advance		7
Sri Lanka women's	Women	Thailand L 15−41	Indonesia W 34−17	Japan W 22−17	India L 12−38	3	did not advance		5

The men's team consisted of 12 athletes.^[43]

Roster

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	147	84	+63	8	Semifinals
2	India	4	3	0	1	166	103	+63	6
3	Bangladesh	4	2	0	2	102	135	−33	4
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3	121	135	−14	2
5	Thailand	4	0	0	4	102	181	−79	0

19 August 19:00	India	44–28	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(27–13)

20 August 18:00	Sri Lanka	46–29	Thailand	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(26–10)

21 August 15:00	Bangladesh	29–25	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(17–10)

23 August 9:00	South Korea	33–22	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(15–8)

The women's team consisted of 12 athletes.^[43]

Roster

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	168	69	+99	8	Semifinals
2	Thailand	4	3	0	1	142	75	+67	6
3	Sri Lanka	4	2	0	2	83	113	−30	4
4	Indonesia	4	1	0	3	84	145	−61	2
5	Japan	4	0	0	4	63	138	−75	0

19 August 10:40	Sri Lanka	15–41	Thailand	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(7–24)

20 August 9:00	Indonesia	17–34	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(6–17)

20 August 12:20	Japan	17–22	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(10–8)

21 August 9:00	India	38–12	Sri Lanka	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(23–4)

Sri Lanka entered six karatekas (four men and two women).^[39]

Kata

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Niyon Sampaya	Men's kata	Park (KOR) L 0–5	did not advance

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Prasanga Sadaruwan	Men's 60 kg	Bye	Osmani (AFG) W 4–2	Selvam (MAS) L 1–3	did not advance
Akihiro Lokukaluge	Men's 67 kg	Bye	Shinohara (JPN) W 6–2	Amirali (KAZ) L 0–10	Did not advance	Bye	Al Hadhrami (UAE) L 1–5	Did not advance	=7
Kavindu Jayakody	Men's 84 kg	—	Ma (CHN) L 0–2	did not advance
Dinusha Kumari	Women's 50 kg	—	Sukatendel (INA) L 0–8	did not advance
Tharika Mukudam Wasam	Women's 61 kg	—	Jaber (JOR) L 0–8	did not advance

Sri Lanka entered four athletes in the speed discipline (two men and two women). This marks the first time the country will compete in the sport at the Asian Games.^[25]

Sri Lanka entered four rowers.^[44][45] The team finished in last place in all three races in competed in and therefore ranked eighth (and last) in the quadruple sculls.

Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

• Results given are within the heat.

Sri Lanka entered a men's team.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sri Lanka men's	Men's tournament	United Arab Emirates W 68–0	South Korea L 26–31	Afghanistan W 36–0	2Q	China W 17–12	Japan L 10–12	South Korea L 14–36	4

Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 9, 2018. The team consists of 12 athletes.^[46][47]

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	124	31	+93	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	0	1	130	31	+99	7
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	41	78	−37	5	Ranking round 9–12
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	0	155	−155	3

Sri Lanka	68–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: Sooriyabandara (2) 1' c, 7' c Muthuthanthri 3' c Piyarathna 6' c Dayan (2) 8' c, 14' c Perera (3) 10' m, 11' c, 12' c Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/1) Ratwatte (5/6) Muthuthanthri (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (2/2)

South Korea	31–26	Sri Lanka
Try: Jang S.M. (2) 1' m, 3' m Han K.K. (2) 7' c, 14' c Lee J.B. 8' c Con: Lee J.B. (3/4)		Try: Sooriyabandara 5' c Raffaideen 10' c Piyarathna 12' m Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/2) Raffaideen (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (1/1)

Sri Lanka	36–0	Afghanistan
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c Perera 10' m Raffaideen 11' m Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3) Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Ratwatte (0/2)

Quarterfinal

Sri Lanka	17–12	China
Try: Sooriyarachchi 5' c Sooriyabandara 6' m Raffaideen 7+' m Con: Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Sooriyabandara (0/2)		Try: Zhang C. 2' m Shan C.S. 10' c Con: Shan C.S. (1/2)

Semifinal