Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
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IOC code | SRI |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
Website | https://www.olympic.lk/ |
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018 | |
Competitors | 13 in 7 sports |
Medals Ranked 83rd |
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Summer Youth Olympics appearances | |
Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Sri Lanka made its Youth Olympics (and Olympics) debut in three sports it qualified in: archery, basketball and gymnastics. Sri Lanka also made its Youth Olympics debut in the sport of shooting.
Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's first ever Youth Olympics medal, a bronze in the girls' 2000 metre steeplechase athletics event.[1]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Basketball | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Medalists
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.
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Archery
Sri Lanka qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[2][3][4]
- Individual
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Ravien Dalpatadu | Boys' singles | 667 | 14 Q | ![]() W 6–5 | ![]() W 6–5 | ![]() L 2–6 | did not advance | =5 |
- Team
Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
![]() ![]() | Mixed team | 1298 | 20 Q | ![]() ![]() L 4–5 | did not advance | =17 |
Athletics
Sri Lanka qualified two athletes. On the first day of the Asian trials held in Bangkok, Thailand, Sri Lanka won two quotas. Dilan Bogoda took first place in the boys' 400 metres event, while Parami Wasanthi Maristela won the 2000 metres steeplechase in a world leading team to qualify.[5][6][7] On the second day of trials, high jumper Seniru Amarasinghe qualified in second place with the third ranked jump in the world (in the age category), while sprinter Shelinda Jansen qualified in third position.[8][9][10][11]
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Dilan Bogoda | Boys' 400 m | 48.52 PB | 5 | 48.81 | 7 | 1:37.33 | 7 |
Shalinda Jansen | Girls' 200 m | 25.00 | 11 | 24.07 PB | 9 | 49.07 | 9 |
Parami Wasanthi Maristela | Girls' 2000 metre steeplechase | 6:33.06 PB | 3 | 13:47 | 17 (4) | 7 | ![]() |
- Total refers to the placement of round 1 added to the placement in round 2 in the women's 2000 m steeplechase event. The second round will be held as part of the cross-country race.
- Field event
Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | Total | Rank | ||
Seniru Amarasinghe | Boys' high jump | 2.05 | =4 | 2.14 | 4 | 4.19 | 4 |
Badminton
Sri Lanka qualified a girls' quota after it was reallocated to the country from an unused tripartie commission universality spot.[12]
- Girl
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | |||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage | Singles | ![]() W 2–0 (21–14, 21–16) | ![]() L 0–2 (5–21, 12–21) | ![]() W 2–0 (21–8, 21–9) | 2 | did not advance | 9 |
- Team
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | |||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Team Alpha![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mixed Teams | ![]() W 110–98 | ![]() L 99–110 | ![]() W 110–103 | 2 Q | ![]() W 110–94 | ![]() W 110–90 | ![]() W 110–106 | ![]() |
Basketball
Sri Lanka qualified a girls' basketball team of four athletes.[13] This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Youth Olympics.[14]
Girls' tournament
Athletes | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Leia Hamza Fathima Morseth Rashmi Perera Nihari Perera | Girls' tournament | ![]() W 17–15 | ![]() L 8–21 | ![]() L 6–18 | ![]() L 10–21 | 4 | did not advance |
- Skills Competition
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | ||
Leia Hamza | Shoot-out Contest | 3 | 28.3 | 22 | did not advance | ||
Rashmi Perera | 1 | 29.5 | 34 | did not advance |
Gymnastics
Artistic
Sri Lanka qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[15]
- Girls
- Individual Qualification
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
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V | UB | BB | F | ||||
Milka Gehani | Individual | 12.833 | 8.966 | 11.333 | 11.266 | 44.298 | 28 |
Team | Athlete | Acrobatic | Artistic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Total points | Rank |
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Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | ![]() ![]() | 15 | — | 410 | 9 | ||
![]() | — | 105 | — | ||||
Sergey Naidin | 31 | ||||||
![]() | 21 | ||||||
![]() | 41 | ||||||
![]() | 36 | ||||||
![]() | 33 | ||||||
![]() | — | 19 | — | ||||
![]() | 28 | ||||||
![]() | 42 | ||||||
![]() | — | 20 | |||||
![]() | 19 |
Shooting
Sri Lanka received a reallocated spot in the boys' 10 m air rifle event.
- Boys
- Individual
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Chanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage | 10m air rifle | 610.6 | 17 | did not advance |
- Team
Athletes | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
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Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
![]() ![]() | Mixed 10 m air rifle | 819.0 | 14 Q | ![]() ![]() L 9–10 | did not advance |
Swimming
Sri Lanka qualified one male swimmer. Akalanka Peiris met the A or B standard times for all of his events.[16]
- Boy
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Akalanka Peiris | 50 m backstroke | 26.33 NR | 9 Q | 26.36 | 10 | did not advance | |
100 m backstroke | 57.34 | 16 Q | 57.35 | 16 | did not advance | ||
50 m butterfly | 25.18 | 25 | did not advance |
See also
References
- ^ Peiris, Sudarshana (15 October 2018). "Parami wins Sri Lanka's maiden YOG medal". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Kavisha to represent Sri Lanka at Youth Olympics". www.srilankasports.com/. Go Strategic Communications (Pvt) Ltd. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Dalpatadu to Represent SL at YOG". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Dilan Qualifies to Youth Olympic Games". www.ceylonathletics.com/. Ceylon Athletics. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Wasanthi Won Gold at Youth Olympics Trials , Now Ranked Number 01 In The World". www.ceylonathletics.com/. Ceylon Athletics. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Fernando, Reemus (4 July 2018). "Maristella clocks historic world leading time". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Shelinda, Seniru Qualify for Youth Olympics". www.ceylonathletics.com/. Ceylon Athletics. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Ramakrishnan, Karuppiah (6 July 2018). "Four Lankan athletes qualify for Youth Olympics". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Peiris, Sudarshana (6 July 2018). "Parami best in the world, 4 Juniors make the cut". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Peiris, Sudarshana (3 October 2018). "Carrying Sri Lanka's medal hopes at the YOG". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Congratulations U18 3x3 Women's Youth Team!!". www.slbasketball.com/. Sri Lanka Basketball Federation. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Ranasinghe, Dinushki (2 October 2018). "Akalanka eyes Youth Olympic Gold". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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