Sri Lankan weightlifters will take part at the World Weightlifting Championships which will be held from 16th to 27th September in Thailand. The eight member Sri Lanka team comprises six men and two women.
The experienced Sri Lankan weight lifter Chintana Geethal Vidhanage the former Olympian and gold and silver medal winner is the most senior player in this team and will take part in the 81 kg weight class while Sudesh Pieris the silver medal winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Indika Dissnayake the 2018 commonwealth Games silver medal winners are also strong contenders for medals. Y.D.I Kumara, Thilanga Palangasinghe and Chaturanga Lakmal are the other members of the men’s team.
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| Chintana Geethal Vidhanage |
Meanwhile women’s team comprises Hansani Gomes (49Kg) and Chamari Warnakulasuriya (55kg ) the most experienced women’s duo in this sport.
Indika Dissanayake who will compete in the 73kg in this competition and also captained the Sri Lanka team said this world championships is going to be very tough for Sri Lankans but the performance in this championships will be considered for the Olympic qualification.
We are focussing on the Tokyo Olympics and this challenge is very important to select competitors for the Olympics added Dissananayake who was the only silver medal winner at the last Commonwealth Games.
R.B Wickramaisnghe is the head coach of the team while Rukshan Gunatilleka and T.U.M.B Jayatilleka the two assistant coaches and masseur D.M.U Dissanayake also will accompany the team.
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