Team Sri Lanka For Paris 2024

A media briefing relating to the introduction of Team Sri Lanka for participation at the 33rd Summer Olympic Games in Paris,France 2024 was held at the Hemasiri Fernando Auditorium, Olympic House, Colombo recently.

Athletes
Viren Nettasinghe : Badminton – Men – Singles
20 years : first to qualify in the sport for
Olympics – first to qualify this time too

Tharushi Dilsara Karunaratne : Athletics ( Track ) – Women
800 M – Qualified : 19 years
A Rathnayake Central, Walala

Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge : Athletics ( Field ) – Women
Javelin Throw – Qualified
Sri Lanka Army – 37 years

Aruna Dharshana : Athletics ( Track ) – Men – 400 M
Qualified : 25 years – Sri Lanka Army

Kyle Charles Abeysinghe : Swimming – Men – 100 M Freestyle
Tripartite Invitee – 24 years
Killer Whale Aquatic Club

Ganga Seneviratne :
Swimming – Women – 100 M Backstroke
Tripartite Invitee – 21 years
Killer Whale Aquatic Club

Coaches
Badminton : Roshan Nettasinghe :
Athletics : Susantha Fernando, Pradeep Nishantha, Asanka Rajakaruna
Swimming : Manoj Abeysinghe
Manager Athletic – Saman Kumara Gunawardene

Chef de Mission :
Wing Commander ( Retired ) Chandana Liyanage
Assistant Secretary – NOCSL

NOCSL Administration Staff :
Kaushalya Danthanarayana
Games Operations Officer
Hiruni Munasinghe
International Relations Executive
Gobinath Sivarajah
Welfare Officer

Media
Prince Gunasekera – Dinamina ( Print ) Associated Newspapers of Ceylon
Namal Pathirage – Lankadeepa ( Print ) Wijeya Newspapers
Wichithra Weerasinghe – Mawbima ( Print ) Ceylon Newspapers
Nuwan Udara Karunaratne – Kelisara ( youtube )
Haritha Perera – sportswithharitha.com ( website )

Officials :
Prof. Shemal Fernando
Director General – Sports
Suresh Subramaniam
President – Olympic Committee
Maxwell De Silva
Secretary General – Olympic Committee

Rear Admiral ( Retired ) Prof. Shemal Fernando – Director General, Department of Sports Development, Olivia Bellemere – Cultural & Co-operation Counsellor, Embassy of France to Sri Lanka & Maldives, Suresh Subramaniam – President, NOCSL, Maxwell De Silva – Secretary General, NOCSL & Asanka De Mel – Founder, Lovi Ceylon were among the distinguished participants at the event.

The team attire is provided by MAS Holdings while the attire for the Opening Ceremony is provided by Lovi Ceylon.

The Flag Bearers of Team Sri Lanka during the Opening Ceremony would be Dilhani Lekamge – the oldest member & Viren Nettasinghe – the youngest member.