Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023: How to watch, Indians participating, full schedule, and more?

The Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023 is currently underway from July 28 to July 30, 2023, in the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The 101st Sri Lankan Nationals is also hosting competitors from the Maldives and India. A total of 27 Indian athletes are set to participate in the three-day sporting event.

Among the participants, Olympian Seema Punia is one of the accomplished athletes in the women’s discus throw who won gold at the Asian Games in 2014. Manu DP, who bagged the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2023, is taking part in the Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023. Annu Rani, the Commonwealth Games 2022 bronze medalist who holds India’s national record for the women’s javelin throw, also is taking part.

Amlan Borgohain, India’s national records in the men’s 100m and 200m races, is also scheduled to showcase his talent at the Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023. Borgohain will also be part of the Indian team for the FISU World University Games 2023, slated to commence on July 28, 2023, in Chengdu, China. The women’s 400m race will witness the participation of Jisna Mathew and Rezoana Mallick Heena, the Asian U20 and U18 champion.

Indians participating at the Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023

Men’s Javelin Throw

Shivpal Singh, Kishore Jena, Manu DP

Men’s Pole Vault

Siva Subramani

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase

Bal Kishan

Men’s 400m Hurdles

T Santosh Kumar

Men’s 200m

Amlan Borgohain

Men’s 4x400m Relay

Muhammed Ajmal, Muhammed Anas, Rajesh Ramesh, Amoj Jacob, Arul Rajalingam, Mijo Chacko Kurian, Nihal Joel, Rahul Baby

Women’s Javelin Throw

Annu Rani

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase

Priti

Women’s Discus Throw

Seema Punia

Women’s 400m

Prachi, Soniya Baishya, Jisna Mathew, Rezoana Mallick Heena

Women’s 4x400m Relay

Prachi, Jisna Mathew, Himanshi Malik, Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Subha Venkatesan, Rezoana Mallick Heena

Women’s 10,000m

Seema

What is the Schedule for the Sri Lanka Athletics Nationals 2023?

July 28, Friday

Women’s 10,000m Finals – 7:30 AM
Men’s Pole Vault Finals – 7:30 AM
Men’s 100m Heats – 8:10 AM
Men’s 400m Heats – 8:45 AM
Men’s Javelin Throw Finals – 9:00 AM
Women’s 400m Heats – 9:00 AM
Men’s 100m Semi-Finals – 3:45 PM

July 29, Saturday

Women’s Javelin Throw Finals – 8:00 AM
Men’s 100m Finals – 8:30 AM
Women’s 400m Finals – 9:00 AM
Women’s Discus Throw Finals – 3:00 PM
Men’s 200m Heats – 4:05 PM
Men’s 400m Hurdles Heats – 4:45 PM
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Finals – 5:00 PM
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Finals – 5:15 PM

July 30, Sunday

Men’s 200m Semi-Finals – 8:00 AM
Men’s 400m Hurdles Finals – 4:00 PM
Men’s 200m Finals – 4:15 PM
Women’s 4x400m Finals – 4:50 PM
Men’s 4x400m Finals – 5:00 PM

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