A contingent of 177 competitors, the largest ever team to be sent by Sri Lanka, will return home empty-handed next week. “We do not have proper coaches,” said GLS Perera, a former secretary of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka who has been involved in track and field since 1975. This worked so well that Sri Lanka became a household name in sprint at Asian Games. Together, they have won Sri Lanka five Asian Games gold medals and several other silvers and bronzes. When we hosted the South Asian Games 1991, we beat India in the medals tally in track-and-field.

Source: Sunday Times September 02, 2018 03:56 UTC