SportWeightlifter Chinthana Vidanage, one the brightest medal hopes of the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, will lead the 80-strong athletic contingent to the games this time. Chinthana won a gold medal for the 62kgs weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and is the only current gold medal holder in the Sri Lankan athletic team. Chinthana also has ‘Silver” in weightlifting at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. “I personally do not see many medals in our basket, but definitely there are some athletes who would answer the call and the Lankan weightlifters lead the hope list. WickremasingheAssistant Coach: Navindhra DayanMasseur: Upul Bandara JayathilakaWrestling: Divoshan Fernando (57Kgs), Chanaka Fernando (74Kgs)(Male) Dilhani Weerabahu (53Kgs)Team Manager: Prageeth PriyankaraCoach: Jagath Priyantha

Source: Sunday Times March 25, 2018 03:31 UTC