Sri Lanka Miss Out On Silver Medal & Sri Lanka Record

OCA 19th Summer Asian Games 2023

OCA 19th Summer Asian Games 2023 – Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China – 10th Day

Archery :
Women – Compound Individual Round of 32
Elimination – 15 Arrows 50 M
Anuradha Karunaratne beat Joumana Alnajjar ( United Arab Emirates ) 135 – 127

Women – Compound Individual Round of 16
Elimination – 15 Arrows 50 M
Anuradha Karunaratne lost to Surekha Vennam ( India ) 132 – 145

Men – Compound Individual Round of 32 Elimination 72 Arrows 50 M
Sanjeewa Kumara beat Jamiyangombo Purevdorj ( Mongolia ) 139 – 137

Men – Compound Individual Round of 16 Elimination
Sanjeewa Kumara lost to Cheng – wei Chang ( Chinese Taipei ) 128 – 148

Men – Recurve Individual Round of 32 Elimination
Sajeev De Silva lost to Dauletkeldi Zhangbyrbay ( Kazakhstan ) 6 – 5 9+ to 9 Shootoff Point

Badminton : Men – Singles – Round of 64
Viren Nettasinghe beat Anish Gurang ( Bhutan ) 2 – 0 21 – 06, 21 – 14

Squash : Mixed – Doubles – Pool B
Chanithma Sinaly / Shamil Wakeel lost to Jemyca Aribado / Andrew Garcia ( Philippines )
1 – 2 11 – 09, 04 – 11, 00 – 11
Men – Singles – Round of 16
Ravindu Laksiri lost to Idrakie Bin Bahtiar ( Malaysia ) 1 – 3 10 – 12, 06 – 11, 07 – 11, 11 – 13

Athletics : Women – Long Jump – Final Order, 06th Jumper
07th / 15 Competitors : Sarangi Silva – 6.14 M
– 03rd Attempt – All 06 attempts successful

Mixed – 4 x 400 M Relay – Final
Sri Lanka Lane 03 – 02nd Aruna Dharshana ( 03 ), Nadeesha Ramanayake ( 03 ), Kalinga Kumarage ( 03 ), Tharushi Karunaratne ( 02 ) – completed the race in 03 min 14. 25 sec ( unofficial ), Disqualified for breach of improper running TR 17.3.1 – First Lapper Aruna Dharshana crossed the Lane when handing over the baton to Nadeesha Ramanayake ( 02nd Lapper ).

110 M Hurdles – Men – Final A rare occassion when 02 Gold Medals were awarded. Lane 07 – Yaqoub Al Youha ( Kuwait ) – season’s best & Shunya Takayama ( Japan ) in Lane 08 was electronically timed at 13.41 sec with Zhuoyi Xu ( China ) in Lane 06 finishing at 13.50 sec and was awarded the Bronze Medal.

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

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