Sri Lanka\u2019s Dilhani Lekamge finished 16th out of 16 competitors in the Women\u2019s javelin throw Group \u2018A\u2019 Qualification round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hangzhou Asian Games Silver Medallist produced an effort of 53.66m and miscarried to advance to the next round of the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa\u2019s Jo-An van Dyk finished on top of Group \u2018A\u2019 with 64.22m and qualified for the semi-finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dilhani, of course, came into the Olympic Games having produced a personal best performance of 61.57m but not ever looked like repeating that effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, Dilhani, competing in her first Olympic Games, had to settle for 32nd place overall in the Women\u2019s javelin throw event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dilhani became the last Sri Lankan athlete to make her exit from the Paris Games after a satisfying performance from 400m runner Aruna Darshana on the earlier day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darshana at first finished fifth in the second semi-final with a time of 44.75s but was later disqualified for a lane infringement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sri Lankan Olympic contingent included three athletes, two swimmers and one badminton player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Badminton player Viren Nettasinghe participated in the Men\u2019s Singles while swimmers Kyle Abeysinghe and Ganga Senevirathne participated in the Men\u2019s 100m freestyle and Women\u2019s 100m backstroke events respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In adding, Hangzhou Asian Games Gold Medallist Tharushi Karunarathna was placed eighth in the Women\u2019s 800m first round with a time of 2:07.76s and clocked 2:06.66s to finish seventh in the repackage round. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sri Lanka\u2019s Dilhani Lekamge finished 16th out of 16 competitors in the Women\u2019s javelin throw Group \u2018A\u2019 Qualification round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France yesterday. The Hangzhou Asian Games Silver Medallist produced an effort of 53.66m and miscarried to advance to the next round of the competition. South Africa\u2019s Jo-An van Dyk…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,67],"tags":[590,568,73,134],"class_list":["post-7034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletic","category-national-athletics","tag-2024-paris-olympic-games","tag-dilhani-lekamge","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t