PRESS RELEASE: Mid-range results - some impressive
Updated Date: 26th September, 2023
Hangzhou, 26 September 2023 – Artistic Gymnast Nadila Nethviru represented Sri Lanka at the Men’s Individual All-Around Final after being qualified last Sunday.
Nadila was placed 18th with a score of 10.333 in the 1st rotation in Rings but he performed in Vault and scored 13.500 to rise to a cumulative score of 23.833, which lifted him to the 16th rank in the 2nd Rotation. He performed in Parallel Bars in the 3rd rotation and, scored 12.833 and a cumulative score of 36.666 and ranked 17th He proceeded to the 4th Rotation to perform in Horizontal Bar to and achieved a score of 12.266 and cumulative score of 48.932 and maintained the 17th rank. His 5th Rotation had him in the Floor Exercise where he scored 12.033 and a cumulative score of 60.965 and continued to maintain the 17th rank. The last and 6th Rotation of Nadila was to perform in Pommel Horse and he scored 10.100 and a final score of 71.065 ranking 17 overall. Chinese Zhang Boheng clicnched the Gold Medal of the event with a near perfect score of 89.299.
Among the other events, Team Sri Lanka had 8 events in 4 sports through the course of the day. At the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena Swimmer Ganga Seneviratne was placed 5th in the Women’s 200m Backstroke Heat 1 clocking 2mts. 26.37secs.
Lankan Boxer Rukmal Prasanna fought at the Hangzhou Gymnasium in the Men's 51-57Kg - Preliminaries - R32 but opponent Bangladeshi Salim Hossain won with a score of 3:2 (Win on Points).
Meanwhile, Sailors Taalya Tranchell and Tharen Nanayakkara finished their Sailing journey today at the NBX Sailing Centre Area C. Tranchell came in 5th in Race 11 of Girl’s Dinghy – ILCA4 and ranked 6th overall. In Boy’s Dinghy – ILCA4, Sailor Tharen Nanayakkara came in 11th Race 11 and ranked 11th overall as well.
IM Susal de Silva competed in the Men’s Individual Round 5 and 6 today and lost against Vietnamese GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen in Round 5, but quickly recovered and managed to beat Mongolian IM Gan-Erdene Sugar in Round 6.
Meanwhile, the OCA Rugby 7s team leaped into victory against Nepal scoring 68 for nil and had a close defeat against Thailand after leading with a score of 7-5 thus succumbing in the second half to a score of 10-7 in Men’s Placing 9-13 category.
