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by Reemus Fernando
When the former national record holder in the men’s javelin throw, Sachith Maduranga suddenly announced a premature retirement from athletics he said that he was ‘thoroughly disappointed the way higher authorities managed the sports affairs of the country.’ He was just 23 and had an Asian Athletics Championship medal and a national record against his name. His best performance was good enough to earn Olympic qualification by then standards. Eight years after the former Army athlete quit, country’s top throwers are probably experiencing the same predicament. The only difference is that they are not venting their frustration the way Maduranga did.
Focus on Nilani Ratnayake as SL athletes leave for India Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The 10-member Sri Lanka athletics team left for India yesterday to take part in the 66th National Inter-State Athletics Championship from June 25 to 29 in the Punjab State, Patiala.
Earlier, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) had planned to send a 16-member contingent for this meet but the squad was reduced under instructions from the National Sport Council (NSC).
This meet will be the final chance for the Sri Lankan athletes to achieve their Olympic qualification standards.
The five frontline athletes for the Road to Olympics are Kalinga Kumarage (400m), Nimali Liyanarachchi (800m), Sumedha Ranasinghe (javelin throw), Nadeesha Ramanayake(400m) and Nilani Ratnayake (3,000m steeplechase).