Waidyatilaka Technical Delegate and ITO at Commonwealth Games 2014
P.H.D. Waidyatilaka the only International Technical Official of the
International Association of Athletics federations (IAAF) and
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Sri Lanka has been invited
to officiate as an ITO at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland from 27th
July to 3rd Aug.
Waidyatilaka has been given the rare honour of officiating as
Technical delegate by the IPC for the Para events at the CWG 2014. It is
indeed a great honour for Sri Lanka that the only IPC qualified ITO for
Sri Lanka has been bestowed the honour of being Technical Delegate which
is the highest position a Technical Official can achieve.
This is the fifth consecutive Commonwealth Games Waidyatilaka who is
also a Senior Lecturer of the IAAF, Advicer - Foreign Relations of The
Masters Athletics Sri Lanka (MASL), Vice president of Asia Masters
Athletics and ITO of World Masters Athletics (WMA) is officiating.
In 1998 he officiated at the 16th CWG in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia followed by 17th CWG in 2002 in Manchester , 2006 Melbourne
Australia and 2010 in New Delhi India.
He has also officiated at all major Championships including Olympic
Games, World Championships
World Cup , Asian Games and Asian Championships.
He has served as Technical Delegate at IAAF Diamond League in
Shanghai and Doha, Asian Champinships and South Asian Games. |