DanceSport Sri Lanka launched its official website on their 2nd anniversary at the Cinnamon Grand on 27th March.
DanceSport Sri Lanka headed by Malinga Fernando (President), Gamini Jayasinghe (Vice-President), Gobinath Sivarajah (Secretary) and Kevin Nugara (Director Development) hopes to take DanceSport to a prominent place in Sri Lanka and compete at the top level in the world stage.
“A lot of clubs are running with different disciplines, like Breaking, but there are no organizations to take care of the athletes. Athletes always should be kept at the heart of the Olympic movement.
Since DanceSport is one of the Olympic Sports recognized by the IOC in 1997 but not developed in Sri Lanka, we took the initiative to establish the association in 2021 and got the co-opted membership from the National Olympic Committee.
>> Photos – DanceSport Sri Lanka | Second Anniversary & Launch of Website
Now, we are in the process of getting the National Federation application from the Ministry of Sports. Once it’s done then we will be fully recognized, and our athletes will be able to participate in the world stage,” added Gobinath Sivarajah, Secretary of DanceSport Sri Lanka.
Paris 2024 has taken the opportunity provided by the IOC in the Olympic Agenda 2020 to propose additional sports to enhance its programme and overall concept. The IOC’s keen interest to set a new standard for inclusive, gender-balanced and youth-centered games saw Paris 2024 submit its proposal to the IOC to integrate four new sports that are closely associated with youth and reward creativity and athletic performance. These sports are breaking (a discipline of DanceSport), sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing.
The governing body of DanceSport is World DanceSport Federation (WDSF). The 1st WDSF World DanceSport Games were held in 2013 in Taipei while Breaking’s debut came at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
