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Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

{{Infobox country at games

|games=Summer Youth Olympics

|games_link=2018 Summer Youth Olympics

|year=2018

|NOC=SRI

|NOCname=National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka

|website= https://www.olympic.lk/

|competitors=13

|sports=7

|flagbearer=

|officials=

|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina

|start_date=6

|end_date=18 October 2018

|gold=0

|silver=0

|bronze=1

|rank=83

|appearances= auto

}}

Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Sri Lanka made its Youth Olympics (and Olympics) debut in three sports it qualified in: archery, basketball and gymnastics. Sri Lanka also made its Youth Olympics debut in the sport of shooting.

Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's first ever Youth Olympics medal, a bronze in the girls' 2000 metre steeplechase athletics event.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/parami-wins-sri-lankas-maiden-yog-medal/|first=Sudarshana|last=Peiris|title=Parami wins Sri Lanka’s maiden YOG medal|date=15 October 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=15 October 2018}}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=86|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Archery

| 1

01
align=left|Athletics

| 2

24
align=left|Badminton

| 0

11
align=left|Basketball

| 0

44
align=left|Gymnastics

| 0

11
align=left|Shooting

| 1

01
align=left|Swimming

| 1

01
Total ||5 || 8 ||13

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

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Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Hasini Nusaka|Ambalangodage|Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage}}BadmintonMixed teams12 October
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Parami Wasanthi|Maristela|Parami Wasanthi Maristela}}AthleticsGirls' 2000 metre steeplechase15 October

{{col-break}}

|width="30%" align=left valign=top|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right"
bgcolor=#efefef

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

align=center

|Sport

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | {{gold01}}

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 | {{silver02}}

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 | {{bronze03}}

|Total

align=center

|Athletics

bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 11
align=center

!Total

bgcolor=gold | 0bgcolor=silver | 0bgcolor=#c96 | 11

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right"
align=center

!colspan=5|Medals by day

align=center

|Day

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | {{gold01}}

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 | {{silver02}}

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 | {{bronze03}}

|Total

align=center

|15 October

bgcolor=#f7f6a8|0bgcolor=#dce5e5|0bgcolor=#ffdab9|11
align=center

!bgcolor=#efefef|Total

style="background:gold;"|0style="background:silver;"|0style="background:#c96;"|11

{{col-end}}

Archery

{{main|Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.{{cite news | url=https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/Olympic_Games/2018_Buenos_Aires_YOG/BA_2018_Qualification_Boys.pdf | title=YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys|work=World Archery Federation | access-date=15 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.srilankasports.com/2018/08/21/kavisha-to-represent-sri-lanka-at-youth-olympics/|title=Kavisha to represent Sri Lanka at Youth Olympics|date=21 August 2018|website=www.srilankasports.com/|publisher=Go Strategic Communications (Pvt) Ltd|access-date=27 August 2018}}{{cite news|date=2 October 2018|title=Dalpatadu to Represent SL at YOG|url=http://epaper.dailymirror.lk/epaper/viewer.aspx|work=The Daily Mirror|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|access-date=2 October 2018}}

;Individual

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

align=center

|align=left|Ravien Dalpatadu

|Boys' singles

|667

|14 Q

|{{flagIOC2athlete|Hazael Jesus Rodríguez Valero|CUB|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
W 6–5

|{{flagIOC2athlete|Feng Hao|CHN|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
W 6–5

|{{flagIOC2athlete|Artem Ovchynnikov|UKR|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
L 2–6

|colspan=2|did not advance

|=5

;Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan="2"|Athletes

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

align=center

|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Ravien Dalpatadu|SRI|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
{{flagIOC2athlete|Isabella Bassi|CHI|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

|Mixed team

|1298

|20 Q

|{{flagIOC2athlete|Hendrik Õun|EST|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
{{flagIOC2athlete|Nicole Marie Tagle|PHI|2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}
L 4–5

|colspan=4|did not advance

|=17

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka qualified two athletes. On the first day of the Asian trials held in Bangkok, Thailand, Sri Lanka won two quotas. Dilan Bogoda took first place in the boys' 400 metres event, while Parami Wasanthi Maristela won the 2000 metres steeplechase in a world leading team to qualify.{{cite web|url=http://www.ceylonathletics.com/2018/07/04/12825|title=Dilan Qualifies to Youth Olympic Games|date=4 July 2018|website=www.ceylonathletics.com/|publisher=Ceylon Athletics|access-date=4 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ceylonathletics.com/2018/07/04/12834|title=Wasanthi Won Gold at Youth Olympics Trials , Now Ranked Number 01 In The World|date=4 July 2018|website=www.ceylonathletics.com/|publisher=Ceylon Athletics|access-date=4 July 2018}}{{cite news|last=Fernando|first=Reemus|date=4 July 2018|title=Maristella clocks historic world leading time|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=187379|work=The Island|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|access-date=5 July 2018}} On the second day of trials, high jumper Seniru Amarasinghe qualified in second place with the third ranked jump in the world (in the age category), while sprinter Shelinda Jansen qualified in third position.{{cite web|url=http://www.ceylonathletics.com/2018/07/05/12874|title=Shelinda, Seniru Qualify for Youth Olympics|date=5 July 2018|website=www.ceylonathletics.com/|publisher=Ceylon Athletics|access-date=5 July 2018}}{{cite news|last=Ramakrishnan|first=Karuppiah|date=6 July 2018|title=Four Lankan athletes qualify for Youth Olympics

|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/06/sports/156091/four-lankan-athletes-qualify-youth-olympics|work=Daily News|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|access-date=6 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/parami-best-world-4-juniors-make-cut/|first=Sudarshana|last=Peiris|title=Parami best in the world, 4 Juniors make the cut|date=6 July 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=6 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/carrying-sri-lankas-medal-hopes-at-the-yog/|first=Sudarshana|last=Peiris|title=Carrying Sri Lanka’s medal hopes at the YOG|date=3 October 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=3 October 2018}}

;Track & road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Stage 1

!colspan=2|Stage 2

!colspan=2|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Total

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Dilan Bogoda

|align=left |Boys' 400 m

|48.52 PB

|5

|48.81

|7

|1:37.33

|7

align=center

|align=left|Shalinda Jansen

|align=left |Girls' 200 m

|25.00

|11

|24.07 PB

|9

|49.07

|9

align=center

|align=left|Parami Wasanthi Maristela

|align=left |Girls' 2000 metre steeplechase

|6:33.06 PB

|3

|13:47

|17 (4)

|7

|{{bronze03}}

  • Total refers to the placement of round 1 added to the placement in round 2 in the women's 2000 m steeplechase event. The second round will be held as part of the cross-country race.

;Field event

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Stage 1

!colspan=2|Stage 2

!colspan=2|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

!Total

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Seniru Amarasinghe

|align=left |Boys' high jump

|2.05

|=4

|2.14

|4

|4.19

|4

Badminton

{{main|Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka qualified a girls' quota after it was reallocated to the country from an unused tripartie commission universality spot.{{cite web|title=Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS|url=https://bwfextranet.com/docs/events/3256/docs/Youth%20Olympic%20Qualifiers%20%20updated%208%20June%20WS.pdf|website=Badminton World Federation|access-date=24 June 2018}}

;Girl

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

align=center

|align=left|Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage

|align=left|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jiménez|DOM|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 2–0 (21–14, 21–16)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chaiwan|THA|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 0–2 (5–21, 12–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ilori|NGR|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 2–0 (21–8, 21–9)

|2

|colspan=3|did not advance

|9

;Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

align=center

|align=left|Team Alpha
{{flagIOCathlete|Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage|SRI|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Lakshya Sen|IND|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Giovanni Toti|ITA|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Vannthoun Vath|CAM|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Yang|CAN|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Maria Delcheva|BUL|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Jennie Gai|USA|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Ashwathi Pillai|SWE|2018 Summer Youth}}

|align=left|Mixed Teams

|{{flagIOCathlete|Epsilon|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 110–98

|{{flagIOCathlete|Delta|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 99–110

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zeta|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 110–103

|2 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gamma|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 110–94

|{{flagIOCathlete|Theta|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 110–90

|{{flagIOCathlete|Omega|MIX|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 110–106

|{{gold01}}

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka qualified a girls' basketball team of four athletes.{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/33-countries-to-compete-at-2018-youth-olympic-games|title=33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games|date=5 April 2018|website=www.fiba.basketball/|publisher=International Basketball Federation (FIBA)|access-date=6 April 2018}} This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Youth Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbasketball.com/single-post/2018/09/28/Congratulations-U18-3x3-Womens-Youth-Team|title=Congratulations U18 3x3 Women's Youth Team!!|date=27 September 2018|website=www.slbasketball.com/|publisher=Sri Lanka Basketball Federation|access-date=1 October 2018}}

=Girls' tournament=

{{Main|Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=5|Group stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

align=center

|align=left|Leia Hamza
Fathima Morseth
Rashmi Perera
Nihari Perera

|align=left|Girls' tournament

|{{flagIOCteam|EGY|2018 Summer Youth}}
W 17–15

|{{flagIOCteam|USA|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 8–21

|{{flagIOCteam|UKR|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 6–18

|{{flagIOCteam|VEN|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 10–21

|4

|colspan=4|did not advance

;Skills Competition

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Qualification

!colspan=3|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Time

!Rank

!Points

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Leia Hamza

|align=left rowspan=2|Shoot-out Contest

|3

|28.3

|22

|colspan=3|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Rashmi Perera

|1

|29.5

|34

|colspan=3|did not advance

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

=Artistic=

Sri Lanka qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.{{cite news|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/site/download?fileId=6654|title=2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers|work=FIG|date=25 June 2018|access-date=26 June 2018}}

;Girls

;Individual Qualification

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{abbr|V|Vault}}

!{{abbr|UB|Uneven bars}}

!{{abbr|BB|Balance beam}}

!{{abbr|F|Floor}}

align=center

|align=left|Milka Gehani

|align=left rowspan=6|Individual

|12.833

|8.966

|11.333

|11.266

|44.298

|28

=[[Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed multi-discipline team|Multidiscipline]]=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
Team

!Athlete

!Acrobatic

!Artistic

!Rhythmic

!Trampoline

!Total
points

!Rank

rowspan=12|Team Nadia Comăneci
(Yellow)

|align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Anastassiya Arkhipova|KAZ|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Dmitriy Nemerenko|KAZ|2018 Summer Youth}}

|15

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|rowspan=12|410

|rowspan=12|9

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Uri Zeidel|ISR|2018 Summer Youth}}

|rowspan=6 {{n/a}}

|105

|colspan=2 rowspan=6 {{n/a}}

align=left|Sergey Naidin

|31

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Mathys Cordule|FRA|2018 Summer Youth}}

|21

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Zarith Imaan Khalid|MAS|2018 Summer Youth}}

|41

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Lisa Zimmermann|GER|2018 Summer Youth}}

|36

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Milka Dona|SRI|2018 Summer Youth}}

|33

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Natalie Garcia|CAN|2018 Summer Youth}}

|colspan=2 rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

|19

|rowspan=3 {{n/a}}

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Ioanna Magopoulou|GRE|2018 Summer Youth}}

|28

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Ketevan Arbolishvili|GEO|2018 Summer Youth}}

|42

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Takumi Fujimoto|JPN|2018 Summer Youth}}

|colspan=3 rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|20

align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Michelle Mares|MEX|2018 Summer Youth}}

|19

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka received a reallocated spot in the boys' 10 m air rifle event.

;Boys

;Individual

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Chanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage

|align=left|10m air rifle

|610.6

|17

|colspan=2|did not advance

;Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

align=center

|align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Chanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage|SRI|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Anna Janssen|GER|2018 Summer Youth}}

|align=left|Mixed 10 m air rifle

|819.0

|14 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hayk Babayan|ARM|2018 Summer Youth}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Victoria Rossiter|AUS|2018 Summer Youth}}
L 9–10

|colspan=4|did not advance

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

Sri Lanka qualified one male swimmer. Akalanka Peiris met the A or B standard times for all of his events.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/akalanka-peiris-sri-lanka-swimming-youth-olympic-games-2018/|first=Dinushki|last=Ranasinghe|title=Akalanka eyes Youth Olympic Gold|date=2 October 2018|website=www.thepapare.com|publisher=Dialog Axiata|access-date=2 October 2018}}

;Boy

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Akalanka Peiris

|align=left|50 m backstroke

|26.33 NR

|9 Q

|26.36

|10

|colspan=2|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|57.34

|16 Q

|57.35

|16

|colspan=2|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|50 m butterfly

|25.18

|25

|colspan=4|did not advance

See also

References

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{{Nations at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics}}

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