Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 13, 2025: Sri Lanka will send a 100-strong athlete delegation to the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain from October 22-31.
Team Sri Lanka will number 150, including a record 100 athletes – 56 boys and 44 girls – who will compete in 12 sports. The athletes will be supported by 31 team officials and 19 delegation officials.
This is the largest contingent the island-nation will field at an Asian Youth Games.
Rear Admiral (retd.) Manjula Dissanayake is the Chef de Mission under the guidance of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka will take part in athletics, badminton, basketball (3x3), boxing, esports, golf, kabaddi, swimming, taekwondo, beach volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
Boxer Janidu Dhananjaya, the national number one in the under-16 52kg category, and long-jumper Dilini Nethsala, will carry the Sri Lankan flag at the Opening Ceremony on October 22.
At the last Asian Youth Games, Nanjing 2013, Sri Lanka won six medals, including a silver medal in the men’s 110m hurdles. At the 1st AYG in Singapore, 2009, Sri Lanka won three medals, including a silver medal in the men’s 4x200m relay.