Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

competed in the

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held in

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from August 8 to August 24, 2008.The Sri Lankan olympic committee confirmed 4 males and three females have been selected to compete in 5 sports. Later

Chinthana Vidanage Chinthana Geetal Vidanage (born December 31, 1981) is a Sri Lankan weightlifter. He won a gold medal in the men's 62 kg category weightlifting; the first weightlifting gold medal for Sri Lanka in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Austra ...

received a tripartite commission invitation to participate in weightlifting. This now brings the total count to 8 athletes competing in 6 sports. Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athletics

Susanthika Jayasinghe Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe ( si, සුසන්තිකා ජයසිංහ; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ, born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and ...

has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2008 summer olympics in Athletics. She was selected to compete in both

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and

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. But soon after landed, she decided not to compete in the 100 metres. Nadeeka Lakmali has qualified to represent Sri Lanka in the javelin throw. ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

Boxing

Sri Lanka qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament.

Anurudha Rathnayake Anurudha Bandara Ratnayake (Sinhalese: අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රත්නායක; Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native t ...

earned a spot in the Olympic flyweight competition with his performance at the 2007 World Championships.Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
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Shooting

Sri Lanka qualified one shooter for the Olympic Shooting tournament. Edirisinghe Senanayake qualified in the 50 m Pistol Men event by virtue of finishing in the first qualifying position (not first overall) at the 2007 Asian shooting championships in Kuwait. ;Men

Swimming

Mayumi Raheem and Daniel Lee have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Swimming. Daniel Lee competed in the 50 m Freestyle, Heat 6 on Thursday, August 14. ;Men ;Women

Weightlifting

was given a Tripartite commission invitation to participate in the men's 69 kg class.

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in Sri Lanka are held by

Rupavahini The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; ta, இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika R ...

References

External links

Sri Lanka at the 2008 Beijing Summer GamesBadminton, Women's Singles Round of 64 resultsBoxing, Men's Fly (51kg) Round of 32 resultsShooting, Men's 50m Pistol resultsShooting, Men's 10m Air Pistol resultsSwimming, Men's 50m Freestyle resultsSwimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat resultsWeightlifting, Men's 69kg results
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