Shuttler Nettasinghe in action today
Viren Nettasinghe during a training session in Paris
Sri Lanka’s Viren Nettasinghe will take on World No.7, Lee Zi Jia in his opening group stage encounter at the Paris Olympic Games badminton competition today. Competing in Group ‘G’, Nettasinghe will take on the formidable Malaysian opponent at 10:10am local time, approximately 1:40pm Sri Lanka time, at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena, located in the La Chapelle neighborhood of Paris.
This match will be a crucial test for the World No.70 ranked Nettasinghe, the youngest badminton player to directly qualify for the Paris Games. His second match will be against Spain’s seasoned player Pablo Abian.
Tomorrow at 6:13pm Sri Lanka time, swimmer Ganga Seneviratne will compete in the Women’s 100m Backstroke Heat 1 at the Paris La Defense Arena, where Kyle Abeysinghe is set to take part in the Men’s 100m Freestyle Heat 4 on Tuesday at 6:23pm Sri Lanka time.
Asian Games and Asian Athletic Championship gold medal winner Tharushi Karunaratne will turn out for the first time on August 2 in the Women’s 800m first round heats at Stade de France. Karunaratne’s event will be at 2:45am Sri Lanka time on August 3.
Sprinter Aruna Darshana will be in action on August 4 in the Men’s 400m first round heats at the same venue, which will be at 2:05am Sri Lanka time on August 5. Nadeesha Lekamge will appear in the Women’s Javelin Throw qualifiers on August 7, beginning from 5:25 Sri Lanka time.