Sri Lanka at the 2010 Asian Games
| Sri Lanka at the 2010 Asian Games |
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| IOC code | SRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
| in Guangzhou | |
| Competitors | 104 in 24 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mithun Perera |
| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Sri Lanka will participate at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Sri Lanka will send 5 archers.
Sri Lanka will send 21 athletes.
Sri Lanka will send 4 badminton athletes.
Sri Lanka was supposed to make its Asian Games debut in Baseball.
However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Baseball is not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka and it later withdrew.
Sri Lanka will send 2 men and women beach volleyball teams.
Sri Lanka was scheduled to send 7 boxers (6 men and 1 women), but 3 men boxers have withdrawn. Also 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manju Wanniarachchi has withdrawn to injury.
Sri Lanka is one of Asia's powers in cricket, however it will only send a men's team.
Sri Lanka has been seeded first, and will automatically enter the knockout round where it will play the runner up from Group B in the quarterfinal.
Sri Lanka will send 2 cyclists
Sri Lanka will send 4 golfers, all men.
Sri Lanka will send 2 male gymnasts.
However, according to the official Olympic Committee website, Kabbadi is not listed as a sport being competed by Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka will send one male karate athlete.
Sri Lanka will only send 2 rowers.
Sri Lanka's men's team consists of 12 athletes.
Sri Lanka will send 4 sailors
Sri Lanka will send 4 male shooters.
Sri Lanka will only send a men's team.
Sri Lanka will send 2 swimmers.
Sri Lanka will send 2 athletes in taekwondo.
Sri Lanka will send 2 paddlers.
Sri Lanka will send 3 male tennis athletes.
Sri Lanka will send 2 male weightlifters. However the team will not include Suresh Peris or Chintana Vindange medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth games.
Sri Lanka will send one wushu athlete.
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