Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Sri Lanka
 at the Commonwealth Games

Flag of Sri Lanka
CGF code  SRI
CGA National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website srilankaolympic.org
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow, Scotland
Competitors 103 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Sudesh Peiris[1]
Medals
Rank: =29		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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*As Ceylon

Sri Lanka competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3, 2014.[2] Sri Lanka's team consists of 103 athletes in 13 sports.[3] Nishantha Piyasena was appointed as the chef de mission of the team on June 29, 2014.[4]

Medalists

Athletics

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Christine Merrill represented the country in two events.
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Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's athletics team consists of ten athletes.[5]

Key
  • Note– Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chanaka Jayasekera
Anjana Gunaratne
Nalin Karunarathna
Kasun Senevirathna
Kalinga Kumarage*		 4 x 400 metres relay 3:08.10 9 N/A Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Wesly Arachchige Discus throw (F42/44) 36.74 9
Chandrasena Mapatunage 34.81 10
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Christine Merrill 400 metres hurdles 58.65 14 N/A Did not advance
Chandrika Subashini 400 m 53.75 14 Q 52.67 13 Did not advance
Nimali Arachchige 800 m 2:08.31 23 N/A Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Nadeeka Lakmali Javelin throw 59.04 6

* Did not race.

Badminton

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Niluka Karunaratne, pictured here at the 2012 Summer Olympics represented Sri Lanka in the men's singles event.
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Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's badminton team consisted of nine athletes.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dinuka Karunaratne Men's Singles  Maliekal (RSA)
W W/O		  Fowke (NZL)
W 21–9, 21–18		  Liew (MAS)
L 19–21, 12–21		 Did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne  Ayittey (GHA)
W 21–6, 21–14		  Sharafuddeen (MDV)
W 21–11, 21–4		  Kidambi (IND)
L 22–20, 16–21, 12–21		 Did not advance
Buwenaka Dullewa  Wu (NZL)
W 23–21, 21–17		  Wei Feng (MAS)
L 13–21, 10–21		 Did not advance
Achini Rathnasiri Women's Singles  Rasheed (MDV)
W 21–11, 21–12		  Chan (NZL)
L 21–17, 7–21, 12–21		 Did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Bye  Gray (NFI)
W 21–3, 21–1		  Sindhu (IND)
L 14–21, 14–21		 Did not advance
Nadeesha Murukkuwadura Bye  Henry (JAM)
W 21–10, 21–14		  Jing Yi (MAS)
L 9–21, 6–21		 Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Sachin Dias
Buwenaka Dullewa		 Men's Doubles Bye  Dewalkar /
Chopra (IND)
L 10–21, 9–21		 Did not advance
Madushika Beruwelage
Nadeesha Murukkuwadura		 Women's Doubles N/A  Eastmond /
Watson (BAR)
W 21–5, 21–13		  Fry /
Le Grange (RSA)
L 12–21, 21–15, 17–21		 Did not advance
Achini Rathnasiri
Upuli Weerasinghe		 N/A  Williams /
Minto (FAI)
W 21–6, 21–5		  Stapleton /
Rankin (NZL)
W 22–20, 18–21, 21–19		  Ponnappa /
Gutta (IND)
L 10–21, 9–21		 Did not advance
Sachin Dias
Upuli Weerasinghe		 Mixed Doubles  Triyachart /
Yao (SIN)
L 12–21, 15–21		 Did not advance
Buwenaka Dullewa
Madushika Beruwelage		  Tukire /
Nankabirwa (UGA)
W 21–10, 21–6		  Bhatti /
Bashir (PAK)
W 22–20, 17–21, 21–15		  Soon Chan /
Pei Jing (MAS)
L 13–21, 15–21		 Did not advance
Mixed team
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Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team
Pool A
Team
Pld W L GW GL GD PW PL PD
 Malaysia 2 2 0 20 0 +20 420 202 +218
 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 10 10 0 342 292 +50
 Barbados 2 0 2 0 20 −20 152 420 −268
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Quarterfinals

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's boxing team consists of ten athletes.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Madushan Gamage Light flyweight  Singh (IND)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Anurudha Rathnayake Flyweight Bye  Semitala (UGA)
W 3–0		  Omar (GHA)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Manju Wanniarachchi Bantamweight  Sonjica (RSA)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Dinindu Saparamadu Lightweight  Mohlerepe (LES)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Dilshan Mohamed Light welterweight  Duffy (NIR)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Maduranga Pathirage Don Welterweight  Aisaga (PNG)
W 3–0		  Bancroft (GUY)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Senanga Nawarathna Middleweight  Lucas (AUS)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Erandi De Silva Flyweight Bye  Adams (ENG)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Hansika Arachchi Lightweight  Jones (WAL)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Shiromali Weerarathna Middleweight  Mothibeli (LES)
W TKO		  Ogoke (NGR)
L 0–3		 Did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's cycling team consists of four athletes.[3]

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jeevan Jayasinghe Men's road race DNF
Buddhika Warnakulasooriya Men's road race 1:00:02.52 42
Men's time trial DNF
Dinesha Adikari Women's road race DNF
Sriyalatha Wicramasinghe Women's road race 54:33.67 30
Women's time trial DNF

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

5 gymnasts competed for Sri Lanka.[3]

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Final
Apparatus Total Rank
F V PH R PB HB
Dilshan Appuhamilage Don Men's qualification 11.391 12.500 10.700 5.530 11.566 11.066 62.573 31
Tharindu Paththapperuma 12.100 12.533 10.966 9.700 11.566 11.333 68.198 29
Women
Athlete Event Final
Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Tilanka Abayagunawardana Team 12.733 6.433 8.033 8.733 Did not advance
Ridma Bengalage 12.443 6.600 8.733 9.766 Did not advance
Sachini Koswaththa Liyana 12.633 6.700 8.933 8.400 Did not advance
Total 37.799 19.733 25.699 26.899 110.130 13

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka has entered three judokas.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Chamara Repiyallage Men's −73 kg  Rouvoune (VAN)
W 1110-0000		  Bensted (AUS)
L 0000-1000		 Did not advance
Jeewantha Wickramage Men's −90 kg N/A  Mtawa (TAN)
W 0113-0000		  Dill-Russell (AUS)
L 0002-1000		 Did not advance  Burns (SCO)
L 0001-1000		 Did not advance 7
Sachini Widanalage Women's +78 kg N/A N/A  Ratugi (KEN)
L 0000-1011		 Did not advance Bye  Laprovidence (MRI)
L 0000-1000		 5

Rugby sevens

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Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team. The roster of 12 is:[3]

Roster
Pool D
Team
Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 120 19 101 9
 England 3 2 0 1 104 15 89 7
 Uganda 3 1 0 2 22 97 -75 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 21 136 -115 3
Qualified for medal competition
Qualified for bowl competition
26 July 2014
10:54
v
Australia  62–7  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
13:34
v
England  57–0  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
26 July 2014
20:42
v
Sri Lanka  14–17  Uganda
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Bowl
27 July 2014
11:16
v
Papua New Guinea  17–12  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Shield
Semifinals
27 July 2014
13:56
v
Sri Lanka  34–0  Barbados
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Final
27 July 2014
19:42
v
Trinidad and Tobago  7–43  Sri Lanka
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Finished in 13th place

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's shooting team consists of six male and five female athletes.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Suranga Fernando 10 metre air pistol 567 10 Did not advance
Krishantha Kodikara 50 metre rifle prone 602.0 29 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1093 14 Did not advance
Prasad Perera 50 metre rifle prone 600.1 30 Did not advance
Mangala Samarakoon 10 metre air rifle 589.7 18 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1110 11 Did not advance
Edirisinghe Senanayake 10 metre air pistol 550 22 Did not advance
Chandana Siriwardana 10 metre air rifle 595.5 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ruwini Abeymanna 10 metre air pistol 364 19 Did not advance
25 metre pistol 560 11 Did not advance
Upeksha Egodawela 50 metre rifle prone N/A 599.3 22
50 metre rifle three positions 554 17 Did not advance
Madushani Gamage 10 metre air rifle 401.2 22 Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone N/A 591.5 27
50 metre rifle three positions 540 21 Did not advance
Amali Kulatunga 10 metre air pistol 354 22 Did not advance
25 metre pistol 534 20 Did not advance
Praneetta Vasudevan 10 metre air rifle 404.3 18 Did not advance

Squash

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Main article: Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's squash team consists of six athletes.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Dilshan Gunawardena Men's Singles Bye  Walker (BOT)
L 5–11, 4–11, 2–11		 Did not advance
Ravindu Laksiri Bye  Ramasra (TRI)
L 9–11, 6-11, 11–8, 11–6, 6-11		 Did not advance
Gihan Suwaris Bye  Knight (NZL)
L 0–11, 6–11, 3–11		 Did not advance
Naduni Gunawardane Women's Singles N/A  Knaggs (TRI)
L 0–11, 12–10, 9-11, 9-11		 Did not advance
Mihilia Methsarani N/A  Sultana (MLT)
W 9–11, 10–12, 13–11, 11–9, 11–2		  Grinham (AUS)
L 6–11, 3–11, 1-11		 Did not advance
Nadindi Udangawa N/A  Alphonse (SEY)
W 11–1, 11–1, 11–3		  Brown (AUS)
L 3–11, 6–11, 3-11		 Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dilshan Gunawardena
Gihan Suwaris		 Men's doubles  Alexander / Cuskelly (AUS)
L 3–11, 4–11		  Gray / Graham (NFI)
W 10–11, 11–10, 11–3		  Beddoes / Coll (NZL)
L 8–11, 0–11		 3 Did not advance
Mihilia Methsarani
Nadindi Udangawa		 Women's doubles  Chinappa / Pallikal (IND)
L 3–11, 4–11		  Craig / Lindsay (NZL)
L 4–11, 1–11		  David / Wern (MAS)
L 2–11, 2–11		 4 Did not advance
Naduni Gunawardane
Ravindu Laksiri		 Mixed doubles  Ghosal / Pallikal (IND)
L 3–11, 4–11		  Delierre / Cornett (CAN)
L 0–11, 9–11		 N/A 3 Did not advance

Swimming

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Heshan Unamboowe represented the country in two events.
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Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's swimming team consists of five athletes.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cherantha de Silva 50 m freestyle 24.34 =31 Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva 100 m freestyle 55.08 =38 Did not advance
Heshan Unamboowe 50 m backstroke 27.86 21 Did not advance
Heshan Unamboowe 100 m backstroke 58.76 18 Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva 50 m butterfly 25.86 24 Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva 100 m butterfly 59.25 25 Did not advance
Amila Kumarasiri 200 metre individual medley SM8 3:22.11 5 Q N/A 3:17.10 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nadeera Jayasekera 50 m backstroke 32.31 22 Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem 31.14 16 Q 31.11 15 Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem 100 m backstroke 1:06.36 15 Q 1:06.33 16 Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem 200 m backstroke 2:24.63 12 N/A Did not advance
Nadeera Jayasekera 50 m breaststroke 36.52 31 Did not advance
Nadeera Jayasekera 50 m butterfly 32.05 45 Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem 30.44 34 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's table tennis team consists of eight athletes.[7]

Individual
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/Bronze medal
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dinesh Deshapriya Men's singles  Lewis (GUY)
W 4–1		  Cordue (NZL)
W 4–1		 1 Q  Howieson (SCO)
L 0–4		 Did not advance
Udaya Ranasinghe  Beia (KIR)
W 4–0		  Laurence (SEY)
W 4–0		 1 Q  Ho (CAN)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
Rohan Sirisena  Dyer (DMA)
W 4–0		  Lake (SKN)
W 4–0		 1 Q  Tomlinson (JAM)
W 4–1		  Hu (SIN)
L 0–4		 Did not advance
Ishara Madurangi Women's singles  Natunga (UGA)
W 4–0		  Abel (VAN)
W 4–0		 1 Q  Patkar (IND)
L 0–4		 Did not advance
Hansi Piumila  Jumana Nimal (MDV)
W 4–1		  Lowe (GUY)
L 0–4		 2 Did not advance
Erandi Warusawithana  Mohamed (TAN)
W 4–1		  Khim Ng (MAS)
L 2–4		 2 Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/Bronze medal
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Dinesh Deshapriya
Rohan Sirisena		 Men's doubles N/A  Rumgay /
Howieson (SCO)
L 2–3		 Did not advance
Udaya Ranasinghe
Nirmala Jayasinghe		 N/A  Henzell /
Powell (AUS)
W 1–3		 Did not advance
Ishara Madurangi
Erandi Warusawithana		 Women's doubles N/A  Edghill /
Lowe (GUY)
W 3–2		  Drinkhall /
Sibley (ENG)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Chamathsara Fernando
Hansi Piumila		 N/A  Loveridge /
Morgan (GUE)
L 1–3		 Did not advance
Rohan Sirisena
Ishara Madurangi		 Mixed doubles  Whitaker /
Doherty (SCO)
W 3–0		  Miao /
Henzell (AUS)
L 2–3		 Did not advance
Nirmala Jayasinghe
Chamathsara Fernando		  Li /
Chew (SIN)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Udaya Ranasinghe
Erandi Warusawithana		  Feng Leong /
Ying (MAS)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Dinesh Deshapriya
Hansi Piumila		  Chung /
St.Louis (TRI)
L 2–3		 Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/Bronze medal
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Rohan Sirisena
Udaya Ranasinghe
Dinesh Deshapriya
Nirmala Jayasinghe		 Men's team  Seychelles (SEY)
W 3–0		  Singapore (SIN)
L 0–3		  Ghana (GHA)
W 3–1		 =2 Did not advance
Ishara Madurangi
Hansi Piumila
Chamathsara Fernando
Erandi Warusawithana		 Women's team  Singapore (SIN)
L 0–3		  Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 3–1		 N/A 2 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's weightlifting team consists of nine athletes.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sangeeth Sirisenage −56 kg 100 8 – – Did not finish
Thilanka Palangasinghe 105 6 – – Did not finish
Sudesh Peiris −62 kg 123 2 150 3 273 2nd
Indika Dissanayake 120 5 – – Did not finish
Chinthana Vidanage −69 kg – – Did not finish
Nawendhra Dayan −77 kg 115 14 145 18 260 14
Romesh Ranathunga −85 kg 126 10 165 10 291 10
Shamaka Peters −94 kg 125 10 170 10 295 10
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Chamari Warnakulasuriya −48 kg – – Did not finish

Powerlifting

Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Wasana Perera -72kg 145.4 9
Jayasinha Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage 132.5 11

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's wrestling team consists of seven athletes.[3]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Gayan Kathurangana −57 kg N/A  Hussain (PAK)
L 4–0 PO		 Did not advance
Udara Fernando −61 kg N/A  Plaatjies (RSA)
L 4–0 PO		 Did not advance
Chamara Perera −65 kg N/A  Rogers (SLE)
W 5–0 VT		  Miller (NZL)
W 4–1 PP		  Dutt (IND)
L 0–5 VT		 N/A  Gladkov (SCO)
L 1–3 PP		 5
Kushan Sandrage −74 kg Bye  Emilie (MRI)
W 5–0 VT		  Kumar (IND)
L 4–0 PO		 Did not advance  Lawrence (AUS)
L 0–5 VT		 Did not advance
Lasantha Ekanayaka −86 kg N/A  Inam (PAK)
1–4 PP		 Did not advance
Manjula Arachchige −97 kg N/A  Kadian (IND)
L 4–0 PO		 Did not advance  Tamarau (NGR)
L 0–5 VT		 Did not advance
Kalum Moraandage −125 kg N/A Bye  Carney (NZL)
L 4–0 PO		 Did not advance

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