Sri Lanka, Feb. 27 -- By Susil Premalal

Sri Lanka is confident that at least 10 athletes would reach the qualifying mark for the Paris Olympics 2024, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) Secretary Saman Kumara Gunawardena told the yesterday.

To fulfil that target SLA have already set up a High-Performance Athletic Pool comprising nine Men and 10 Women.

Among those athletes from the High-Performance Pool the chances of qualifying are more on Yupun Abeykoon (100m Men), Tharushi Karunarathna (800m Women), Dilhani Lekamge (Javelin Throw Women), Gayanthika Abeyrathna (800m, 1500m Women), Kalinga Kumarage (400m Men), Aruna Dharshana (400m Men) and the 4x400m Mixed Relay Team.

The deadline set by the IAAF to reach the qualifying mark for the Paris Olymp...