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2024. Sri Lanka is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. This will mark Sri Lanka 's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon .
e. Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture, and they are allowed to vote in election since 1931. [8]
Generally speaking, women in Sri Lanka are responsible for cooking, raising children, and taking care of housework. [2] In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of weeding and help with the harvest. [2] Among poor families, women also perform full-time work for upper class individuals. [2]
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The following are the national records in Olympic weightlifting in Sri Lanka. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation. Men
Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was Sri Lanka's first series win over the West Indies in the format since their series in 2008. Sri Lanka won the third and last ODI by 160 runs and won the ODI series 3–0, securing a whitewash. In the first T20I, Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets thanks to career-best bowling figures from Chamari Athapaththu.
The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Sri Lanka made their One Day International ...