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 Uditha 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.Mubarak to lead Sri Lanka at 2010 Asian Games | Sri Lanka Cricket
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 PereraSri Lanka's golfer Mithun focused on Asian gold The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games T Nadaraja VB Ranaratna KA Chandradasa
Gymnastics Sri Lanka sent 2 male gymnasts.
Artistic Men Nadika Cooray Tharindu Pathmaperuma
Kabaddi
Women Team
However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabaddi 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.Rajeev and Guyan to represent Sri Lanka at rowing at Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th 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.Rugby union at the 2010 Asian Games
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.Sri Lanka men's squash team for Asian Games The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games
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
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