Sri Lanka, July 15 -- By Susil Premalal

A common elite pool needs to be formed if Sri Lanka is to target a medal at the 2024 or 2028 Olympic Games, says Sriyani Kulawansa, President of Sri Lanka Olympians (SLO).

Kulawansa also believes that the Sports Ministry and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) should provide this pool with all necessary facilities considering Sri Lanka's failure to win a medal at the Olympics after Duncan White (London 1948) and Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sydney 2000).

She attributed the success in 2000 to the foresight of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) to form an Olympic pool in 1995 not just three or six months before the competition, resulting in the country producing super stars such as Susanthika...