Sri Lankans to be seen in action tomorrow [November 16 2010]

Tomorrow will be another busy day for Sri Lanka contingent at the 16th Asian Games starting with Madhavi Weeratunga’s women’s 100m freestyle heat 1 at Aoti Aquatic Centre.

At Guangzhou Gymnasium, Sri Lanka’s Rohan Sirisena will take on Indain Sarath Achanta, this year’s Egypt open champion, in the pre-quarter finals of the men’s singles in the table tennis championship.

Sri Lanka sailing team who has been suffering a series of humiliating defeats, will once again be seen in action in the seventh and the eighth rounds of their respective races men’s mistral, men’s dinghy optimist, women’s dinghy optimist and open laser radial at the Shanwei Water Sports Centre. Rower Sanjeev de Silva will try his luck once again when he competes in lightweight men’s singles sculls event at the International Rowing Centre here on Wednesday morning.

Sri Lanka’s Gayan Kumara will take on Yazan Alsadeeq in their men’s 87 kg event of the taekwondo competition. In beach volleyball, Sri Lanka is due to take on Kazakhstan (women’s) and Yemen (men’s).