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Lankans in next round of Olympic qualifiers

The Central Asia Qualifying Zonal Tournament for the London Olympics 2012 was held last weekend at Negambo Beach Park, Negambo, which saw the participation of five countries comprising of Iran, Maldives, India, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.

The men's category saw Iran winning the championship in a close battle with fighting Kazakhstan team. Sri Lanka finished the with a creditable performance to clinch the bronze medal.

In the women's event, Kazakhstan made amends for their men's team's loss by winning the women's championship with Sri Lanka obtaining the silver. The Sri Lankan team missed many easy opportunities and would no doubt be disappointed that they could not annex the gold medal.

Lankan women had the better of the khasakhstan women's team (A) which comprised of Mashkova and Tsimbalova when they best the duo 2-1.

Both Sri Lankan mens and womens teams booked their place in the next round of Olympic qualifires.

The results of matches are follows:

Men

Sri Lanka 'A' beat India 'A' 2/0 (12/21, 8/21), Sri Lanka 'B' beat India 'B' 2/0 (9/21, 14/21), Sri Lanka 'B' beat India 'A' 2/0 (13/21, 12/21), Sri Lanka 'A' beat India 'B' 2/0 (9/21, 18/21), Iran 'A' beat Kazakhstan 'A' 2/0 (21/18, 21/16), Kazakhstan 'B' beat Iran 'B' 2/1 (13/21, 15/21), Iran 'A' beat Kazakhstan 'B' 2/1 (25/23, 21/23, 18/16), Kazakhstan 'A' beat Iran 'B' 2/0 (14/21, 14/21), Iran 'A' beat Kazakhstan 'B' 1/0 (15/10).

Women

Maldives 'A' beat India 'A' 2/1 (21/18, 8/21, 15/13), India 'B' beat Maldives 'B' 2/0 (11/21, 12/21), India 'B' beat Maldives 'A' 2/0 (11/21, 14/21), India 'A' beat Maldives 'B' 2/0 (11/21, 19/21), Kazakhstan 'A' beat Sri Lanka 'A' 2/0 (20/22, 19/21), Kazakhstan 'B' beat Sri Lanka 'B' 2/0 (9/21, 14/21), Sri Lanka 'A' beat Kazakhstan 'B' 2/1 (10/21, 21/16, 19/17), Kazakhstan 'A' beat Sri Lanka 'B' 2/1 (11/21, 23/21, 12/15).

 

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