Sri Lanka Track & Field Athletes' Wing

24/04/2022

We are deeply saddened to inform Sri Lanka's fastest female 400m hurdler, South Asian medalist Kaushalya Madushani has passed away this morning (2022-04-24). She has been a great asset to our nation, a great friend to all athletes and a humble human being to say the least. May she rest in peace, and may her family and loved ones find strength during this difficult time. Our prayers are with you ❤️
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22/09/2021

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28/07/2021

Track and Field starting off in two days, Nimali Liyanaarachchi will compete first of our two Olympians. She will be competing on 30th Friday at 7.19am (local time). Yupun will start off with heats in 31st Saturday at 4.30pm. Tune in to watch the live telecast on Channel eye. Wishing these two champions all the best, you've already made our country proud !

24/07/2021

Nimali and her coach off to . Time to harvest all their hard work, wishing them all the best !
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24/07/2021

Yupun and his coach off to Japan, few days more to set his blocks at the Tokyo Olympics as the only South Asian man to qualify for 100m. Wishing this young gentleman and his team all the best !
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23/07/2021

Look at em go !

23/07/2021

National Olympic ceremonial attire designed and manufactured by the amazing 🙏🏽 Our gratitude!

23/07/2021

Starting today, watch all action at via .lk
Don't forget to tune in for the Opening ceremony today at 4pm (SL time)

12/07/2021

Nimali Liyanaarachchi, a Sri lankan star in 800m is qualified for Tokyo Olympics through Universality place better know as Wild card.
Universality places allow one male and one female competitor from a country to participate in the Olympics, provided no other player of a specific sport from the same gender qualifies for the Games.
Unfortunately Nilani, our star 3000m steeplechase champ dropped her world rank to 46 & she didn't make the cut for direct qualifications, as the quota was 45 players.
This gave Nimali a golden opportunity to participate in the most prestigious event of all time! Liyanaarachchi, ranked 56th in the world couldn't directly qualify for Tokyo. Universality place was then offered to Nimali, based on her world rank and amazing performance throughout. She's a real trooper, SLTFAW wishes her nothing but the best !
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03/07/2021

Yupun packs bags to Tokyo!
Yupun Priyadarshana Abeykoon, Fastest man in South Asia, first Sri lankan to compete at a Diamond League, first South Asian to run under 10.2 seconds, Sri lankan record holder in 100m are few of the many titles he earned during his track and field career so far. And now he ads one more title under his name, the most prestigious title every athlete dreams of. He is now an Olympian!
He is the first Sri lankan in 25 years to qualify for Olympics in this event after giants such as Sriyantha Disanayaka and Chinthaka De Zoysa in Sri lankan athletic history. With a personal best of 10.15 (and a wind aided 10.09s), he is sharpening his skills for the biggest race of his life. 3 more weeks to go champ, a whole nation is rooting for you !

24/06/2021

Shreshan Dhananjaya competed in Turkey this week in the event of longjump where he managed to secure Gold with a performance of 7.78m. He was being trained in Qatar for 6 months, sponsored by and then flown to Turkey to face competitions. We wish you all the best for your season ahead, more is yet to come!

23/06/2021

Lakshini Sarangi, the South Asian Gold medalist in Long jump set a new Sri Lanka record today at an international event at Ekrem Kocak Track, Istanbul, Turkey. She shattered the old record with a whopping 6.44m today evening. Sarangi was sponsored by the National Olympic committee of Sri lanka for a 6 months training program in Qatar with another national player and member of SLTFAW Shreshan Dhananjaya. They were then were flown to Turkey for a month to face competitions. Looks like all her hard work paid off! Congratulations champ, good luck for the upcoming season!