A team of 7 Sri Lankan Athletes took wing to Thailand today to participate in the Asian qualification round of Youth Olympics which will be held from the 3rd to 5th July in Thailand.
The Youth Olympics will be held from 6th to 14th October in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the Athletes under 18 years of age eligible to participate. Asia has received a quota of 89 athletes. (57 boys and 32 girls)
Despite naming a squad of 8 athletes initially, the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) has decided to leave out Benedictine, Shalika Santhush, who ran superbly at the last IAAF World Youth championship earning him a spot in the Semifinal of the 200m. Santhush did not feature in most of the competitions this year owing to an injury he had suffered and had to undergo a fitness test on the 18th of last month. Santhush though fully recovered from the niggle that kept him out of competitions, failed to archieve the required timing and thus has been left out by the AASL.
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The Sri Lankan team will comprise of 3 male athletes in Seniru Amarasinghe – Royal College (High Jump), Dilan Bogoda – St Benedict’s College (400m), Deneth Senanayake – St Peter’s College(200m) while the 4 female athletes will be Shelinda Jansen – Gateway College (200m), Samudika Herath – Walala A Rathnayake College (800m), Asmika Herath & Parammi Wasanthi – Kuliyapitiya Central College (2000m steeple chase).
High Jumper Seniru Amarasinghe (3rd in Asia), Quarter miler Dilan Bogoda (1st in Asia), Shelinda Jansen (4th in Asia) are inside the Asian quota according to their current rankings and will be looking to secure their places in the championship while Gold medalist in 3000m Steeple Chase at the Asian Junior Athletic Championship, Parami Wasanthi will be expected to secure qualification for the Youth Olympics with her schoolmate Asmika Herath also expected to vie for qualification for the Buenos Aires competition.
Sri Lankan team for Youth Olympic qualifiers
Boys
Seniru Amarasinghe – High Jump (Royal College)
Dilan Bogoda – 400m (St Benedict’s College)
Deneth Senanayake – 200m (St Peter’s College)Girls
Shelinda Jansen – 200m (Gateway College)
Samudika Herath – 1500m (Walala A Ratnayake College)
Parami Wasanthi – 2000m Steeple Chase (Kuliyapitiya Central College)
Asmika Herath – 2000m Steeple Chase (Kuliyapitiya Central College)
