Olympics : Update on Niluka, Chamara & Mathew

July 26, 2021 at 5:23 PM

Sri Lanka badminton player Niluka Karunaratne has been eliminated from the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Karunaratne was eliminated after he was beaten 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) by Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in a Men’s Single Group game held today.

Meanwhile, judo player Chamara Dharmawardhana was also knocked out by Aiden-Alexander Houssein of Djibouti, 10-0 this morning.

Swimmer Mathew Abeysinghe will represent Sri Lanka as he competes in Heat 4 of the Men’s 100m Freestyle at 3.39pm tomorrow (27th). (NewsWire)