By Dhammika Ratnaweera
Sri Lanka’s seven athletes who performed well during the recently concluded South Asian Games are expected to take part at the 9th Asian Indoor Athletic Championships in Hangzhou, China on 12 and February. In Kathmandu South Asian Games Sri Lanka finished grabbing 15 gold medals to receive the honours in the region being ahead of the Indian performances in this SAG.
Dilshi Kumarasinghe the 20 year old triple gold medalist of SAG has been included in the team for the 400m and 800m events, while South Asia’s 400 m gold medal winner Aruna Dharshana also get chance to compete the Indoor championship. Sri Lanka’s own ironwoman Lakshika Sugandi will compete in the Women’s 60m Hurdles as well as her pet event, the Pentathlon event. Nilani Rathnayake the double gold medal winner of Women’s 1500m, as well as the 3000m event, also will join the China tour with her fine performances at the SAG.
Meanwhile Indunil Herath the champion 800m once again looking for the gold at Men’s 800m event in this meet. Hashini Praboda and Sarangi Silva will compete in the Triple and Long Jumps respectively, as the only two representatives in the Field events for the Indoor championships. Both won Gold at the South Asian Games..The sports ministry will be looking at fielding a Women’s 4x400m relay team in China as well but that is not confirmed yet
Sri Lanka athletic team at the 9th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship
| Athlete | Events |
| Dilshi Kumarasinghe | 400m, 800m |
| Aruna Dharshana | 400m |
| Lakshika Sugandi | 60m Hurdles, Pentathlon |
| Nilani Rathnayake | 1500m, 3000m |
| Indunil Herath | 800m |
| Hashini Praboda | Triple Jump |
| Sarangi Silva | Long Jump |
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