Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) yesterday, decided to cancel the Elite and Nation al Pool performance test, which was schedule for Saturday and Sunday at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
With the Sugathadasa Stadium vicinity coming under curfew due to the increasing number of Corona virus cases, SLA had no option but to cancel the event with the new date for the meet to be announced later.
SLA were planning to conduct the performance test on a low key with a restricted number of events and with the participation of only the elite athletes while targeting the Olympic qualification.
The events which were to be worked off were the Men’s 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, long jump, triple jump, javelin throw (Men and Women) and the Women’s 1,500m, 100m hurdles and 3,000m steeplechase.
“As there were many athletes who had trained hard during the course of the year, we decided to conduct a test, which would help us to assess their performances, that will help them in the long term to train for next year’s events,” a top official of SLA told the Daily News yesterday.
“We had made all arrangements to conduct the performance test with a limited number of athletes while adhering to all medical guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health as well as the National Institute of Sports Medicine,” he added further.
In fact, many promising athletes from the outstation were eagerly looking forward to this event, as they were very keen to prove their talent and potential.
Meanwhile, the Junior National Athletics Championship schedule for November and the Senior National Athletics Championship to be held in December are also likely to be postponed because of the prevailing health situation in the country.
SLA was planning to select a National Pool after conducting the performance test and following the Junior and Senior Nationals.
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