Sri Lanka in Asian Cup 2019
Sri Lankan Modern Pentathletes participated in the Asia Cup 2019 held in Burabay, Kazakhstan from 28th to 01st July 2019.
The Sri Lanka team comprised of 4 athletes (3 males and 1 female) accompanied by a coach. They took part in Individual Biathle and Triathle events as well as mix relay events.
The Sri Lanka Team:
1. Asanka Nilaweera (Sri Lanka Air Force)
2. Sajeewa Udayanga (Sri Lanka Army)
3. Dilanka Rajapakse (Sri Lanka Army)
4. Gayani Dasanayake (Sri Lanka Air Force)
5. Subasiri Perera – Coach / Official (Sri Lanka Army)
Athletes from several Asian Countries including Russia, India and Kazakhstan participated at the event.
We are extremely proud to report that our athletes were able to get Gold, Silver and Bronze medals across the events that our athletes participated in.
Gold – 1, Silver – 2, Bronze – 4.
Gold Medal:
Individual Female Biathle event by Gayani Dasanayake
Silver Medals:
Individual Male Biathle event by Sajeewa Udayanga
Individual Male Triathle event by Asanka Nilaweera
Bronze Medals:
Individual Male Biathle event by Asanka Nilaweera
Individual Male Triathle event by Sajeewa Udayanga
Biathle Mix Relay event by Gayani Dasanayake & Dilanka Rajapakse
Triathle Mix Relay event by Gayani Dasanayake & Asanka Nilaweera
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After the above encouraging results, Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sri Lanka is now confident to move ahead with the development of the sport in Sri Lanka at a faster pace. We are hoping to introduce the 4th discipline of the sport, Fencing, and participate in the upcoming Tetrathlon events in the next few months. The ultimate goal will be to introduce all 5 disciplines and participate our athletes in Modern Pentathlon Regional and World Championship events in 2020.
This event is another important step in our process to gain experience and measure our skill levels
against athletes in the Asian region. We also hope this would be an encouragement to get more athletes to take part in our sport and bring glory to Sri Lanka. We also hope that more female athletes will be encouraged to take part in the sport after the above results show that there is great potential in Sri Lanka.
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