Nadeesha Dilhani Wins 02nd Silver in China, Success in Athletics, Badminton & Squash For Team Sri Lanka


OCA 19th Summer Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China – 11th Day

Athletics : Women – Javelin Throw – Final
02nd – Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge 61.57 M – Personal Best – 04th Attempt
New Sri Lanka Record
59.12, 54.10, 60.70, 61.57, X, 60.74

Women – 800 M – Round 01 – Heat 02
03rd – Gayanthika Abeyratne
02 min 07.17 sec – Qualified for Final

Women – 800 M – Round 01 – Heat 03
02nd – Tharushi Karunaratne
02 min 05.48 sec – Qualified for Final

Men – 4 x 400 M Relay – Round 01 – Heat 02
Lane 08 – 02nd – 03 mts 06.60 sec
Dinuka Deshan, Pabasara Niku, Rajitha Rajakaruna, Pasindu Kodikara Qualified for Final

Squash : Mixed – Doubles – Pool B
Chanithma Sinaly / Shamil Wakeel bt Dongjin Li / Zhitao Zhou ( China ) 2 – 0 ( 11 – 06, 11 – 06 )

Badminton :
Men – Singles – Round of 32
Viren Nettasinghe bt Sumiyasuren Enkhbat ( Mongolia ) 2 – 0 ( 21 – 08, 21 – 16 )

Weightlifting :

Men – 73 Kgs – Group B
02nd / Out of 04 – Indika Dissanayake
Snatch : 125 131x 131 x – 125 Kgs
Clean & Jerk : 155 160 163x – 160 Kgs
Combined : 285 Kgs

Cricket :

Men T20 – Quarter Finals
India beat Nepal by 23 runs
India electing to bat, 202 / 4 – ( 20 Overs )
Yashasvi Jaiswal 100, Rinku Singh 37no, Shivam Dube 25no, Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad 25, Dipendra Airee 2 / 31. Nepal in reply, 179 / 9 – ( 20 Overs ) Dipendra Airee 32, Sandeep Jora 29, Kushal Malla 29, Kushal Bhurtel 28, Ravi Bishnoi 3 / 24, Avesh Khan 3 / 32, Arshdeep Singh 2 / 43, Ravi Srinivasan 03 catches, Yashasvi Jaiswal 02 catches.

Men T20 – Quarter Finals
Pakistan beat Hong Kong China by 68 runs Pakistan put into bat, 160 all out – ( 20 Overs )Aamir Jamal 41, Asif Ali 25, Arafat Minhas 25 – recovered from 73 / 6 – Ayush Shukla 4 / 49, Ghazanfar Mohammad 3 / 26, Anas Khan 2 / 18, Babar Hayat 03 catches.

Hong Kong China in reply, 92 all out – ( 18.5 Overs )
Babar Hayat 29, Ehsan Khan 15no, Niaz-Ali 12, Nizakat Mohammad 11, Shiv Mathur 10, Khushdil Shah 3 / 13, Qasim Akram 2 / 05, Sufyan Moqim 2 / 11, Arafat Minhas 2 / 19, Rohail Nazir 03 victims.

Medal Tally at the end of Day 11 :
Gold Silver Bronze Total
China 161 90 46 297
Japan 33 47 50 130
South Korea 32 42 65 139
India 15 26 28 69
Uzbekistan 14 15 21 50
Chinese Taipei 12 10 18 40
Thailand 10 11 19 40

Report assisted by NOCSL Media
Photos by Thusith Wijedoru & Namal Silva

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