# Sri Lanka at the 2010 Asian Games

Sri Lanka participated in the 16th Asian Games, held in Guangzhou, China, from 12 to 27 November.

## Archery

Sri Lanka sent 5 archers for the multi-sport event including 3 men and 2 women archers.

### Men

* Indranath Perera
* Chaminda Rajasinghe
* Nipun Seneviratne

### Women

* Dilhara Salgado
* Shashikala Kumarasinghe

## Athletics

Sri Lanka sent 21 athletes for the competition.

### Men

* Manjula Kumara
* Chaminda Wijekoon
* Prasanna Amarasekara
* KK Seneviratne
* Nalin Priyantha
* Keith de Mel
* DN Karunaratne
* Gayan Wickramasinghe
* Rohitha Pushpakumara
* Gihan Ratnayake
* Shivantha Weerasuriya
* Ashan Hasaranga

### Women

* Jani Chathurangani
* Nadeeka Lakmali
* Chamli Priyadarshani
* Chandrika Rasnayake
* Niluka Nadeeshani
* Niranjani Abeywickrema
* Sujani Buddhika

## Badminton

Sri Lanka sent 4 badminton athletes including 2 men and a woman for the event.

### Men

* Niluka Karunaratne
* Dinuka Karunaratne

### Women

* Thilini Jayasinghe

## Beach Volleyball

Sri Lanka sent the men's and women's beach volleyball teams.

### Men

* Asanka Pradeep & Pubudu Ekanayake
* Mahesh Perera & Wasantha Ratnapala

### Women

* Sujeewa Withanange & Nirosha Gunasinghe
* LS Somaratne & HN Lakmini

## Boxing

Sri Lanka was scheduled to send 7 boxers (6 men and 1 women) to the Games, but 3 men boxers withdrew from the competition. The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi also withdrew due to injury.

### Men

* Chaminda Tennakoon
* Saman Priyadharshana Silva
* PD Suresh

### Women

* Niranjala Senanayake

## Cricket

Sri Lanka men's cricket team was eligible to participate in the competition as it was the first instance that cricket was included in an Asian Games event.
Despite the absence of main cricketing nation, India, Sri Lankan team was ranked at 4th place and couldn't able to receive any medal at the cricket competition.

### Roster

* Jehan Mubarak
* Jeevantha Kulatunga
* Kaushalya Weeraratne
* Chinthaka Jayasinghe
* Indika de Saram
* Nuwan Zoysa
* Dilhara Lokuhettige
* Kaushal Lokuarachchi
* Dilshan Munaweera
* T.M. Sampath
* Kusal Perera
* Isuru Udana
* Sajeewa Weerakoon
* Gayan Wijekoon
* Malinga Bandara

## Cycling

Sri Lanka sent 2 cyclists for the event.

### Road
#### Men

* Lakshman Wijeratne

#### Women

* Lasanthi Gunathilaka

## Golf

Sri Lanka sent 4 golfers, all men.
* Mithun Perera
* T Nadaraja
* VB Ranaratna
* KA Chandradasa

## Gymnastics

Sri Lanka sent 2 male gymnasts.

### Artistic
#### Men

* Nadika Cooray
* Tharindu Pathmaperuma

## Kabbadi
### Women

* Team
However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabbadi was not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka.

## Karate

Sri Lanka sent one male karate athlete.

### Men

RJ Edward

## Rowing

Sri Lanka sent only 2 rowers for the Asian Games.

### Men

* Rajeev De Silva- Single and Double Sculls
* Guyan Jayaratne- Double Sculls

## Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka's men's team consisted of 12 players.

## Sailing

Sri Lanka sent 4 sailors for the Asian Games including 3 male sailors and a woman sailor.

### Men

* DA de Alwis
* Janaka Pathirage
* CL Gunawardena

### Women

* Sureni Alapatha

## Shooting

Sri Lanka sent 4 male shooters.

### Men

* Edirisinghe Senanayake
* Sarath Chandrasiri
* Mangala Samarakoon
* Yamith Krishantha

## Squash

Sri Lanka sent a delegation consisting of men's squash team.

### Men

* Navin Samarasinghe
* Gihan Suwaris
* Binura Jayasuriya

## Swimming

Sri Lanka sent 2 swimmers for the multi-sporting event.

### Men

* Heshan Unamboowe

### Women

* Madhawee Weerathunga

## Synchronized swimming

* Elisha Gomes
* Dehara Katipearachchi

## Taekwondo

Sri Lanka sent 2 competitors for taekwondo.

### Men

* Ravindra Rajapaksa
* Gayan Kumara

## Table tennis

Sri Lanka sent 2 paddlers.

### Men

* Rohan Sirisena

### Women

* Ishara Madurangi

## Tennis

Sri Lanka sent 3 male tennis players.

### Men

* Harshana Godamanna
* Thangarajah Dineshkanthan
* Vimukthi de Alwis

## Weightlifting

Sri Lanka sent 2 male weightlifters as a part of the 2010 Asian Games. However the team will not include Suresh Peris or Chintana Vindange medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth games.

### Men

* Priyantha Wijesuriya
* Chaturanga Dissananyake

## Wushu

Sri Lanka sent only one wushu competitor for the event.

### Men

* ID Abeyratne