Sri Lanka, July 28 -- NOC says approval required six months in advance

By Shehan Daniel reporting from Tokyo , Japan

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has come under fire on social media, after athletes representing the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics appeared in their events sans any indication of Sri Lanka on their attire.

Pictures of Niluka Karunaratne, Aniqah Gaffoor and Tehani Egodawela competing on the opening day of the games with nondescriptive attire, were widely circulated on social media, with questions asked as to why the NOCSL had not provided them with clothing representative of the country.

Later images of Milka Gehani were also circulated where she had no indication to the country on the yellow leo...