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2020. 2024. Sri Lanka competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This marked Sri Lanka 's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.
SRI: NPC: Sri Lanka National Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Website: nfsd.wb.gs: in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 8 (7 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports: Flag bearers : Indika Gamage Janani Wickramasingha: Medals Ranked 75th: Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1: Summer Paralympics appearances
21 May–2 June – 2024 Sri Lanka floods: At least 16 people are killed in flooding and mudslides caused by monsoon rains across the country. [ 67 ] 25 May – Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon wins the gold medal in the Men’s 100m event at the 2024 Anhalt Athletic Championship in Germany with a timing of 10.16 seconds (wind+0.3).
Guillermo Varona González [a] (born 1 August 1995) is a Cuban para-athlete javelin thrower who competes in the F46 category. He is a gold medalist at the 2023 Parapan American Games, 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Later that month, he was chosen as the sole Sri Lankan badminton representative at the Asian Games, where he reached the top 16. [5] [6] By April 2024, Nettasinghe was ranked 72nd globally by the BWF. [7] He was chosen to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's singles, being ranked 32nd among players eligible for the event. [8]
The New Zealand cricket team are touring Sri Lanka in September and then are scheduled to tour again in November 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. [1][2] The tour consists of two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] The Test series forms part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test ...
The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July and August 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. [1][2] The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) and three One Day International (ODI) matches. [3][4] In November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced its international calendar for 2024 and confirmed the bilateral series. [5 ...
2016. 2020. 2024. Sri Lanka first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent a delegation to every Summer Olympic Games except for the 1976 Games and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Sri Lankan athletes have won a total of two Olympic silver medals, both in athletics.