Team Sri Lanka’s preliminary round Olympics schedule announced

July 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Team Sri Lanka’s schedule for the preliminary rounds events of the 2024 Paris Olympics has been announced, with the first event commencing this Saturday (July 27). 

Viren Nettasinghe, who made history by becoming the youngest Sri Lankan to qualify for the Olympics directly, will open the preliminary rounds event of team Sri Lanka by competing in the Badminton Men’s Single. 

Following Nettasinghe, Sri Lankan swimmers Ganga Seneveratne and Kyle Abeysinghe will participate in the swimming events in the following week.

The track and field events have been scheduled for August in which middle-distance runner Tharushi Karunarathna, Sri Lanka’s highest-ranked athlete for the Paris Olympics Dilhani Lekamge, and Athlete Aruna Dharshana will participate. 

Team Sri Lanka’s preliminary rounds event schedule for the 2024 Paris Olympics is as follows;