Egodawela forced to compete without coach at Olympics

Shooter Tehani Egodawela will be forced to compete in the Tokyo Olympics without her coach, U.M. Premalal.

The Department of Sports Development, in a letter addressed to the National Shooting Sport Federation (NSSF) of Sri Lanka and copied to the National Olympic Committee (NOC), has requested to consider sending the coach along with the shooter as per a discussion held on Friday (2).

“Whatever the chances Egodawela has on winning will be increased by the presence of her coach. Hence, the NOC is required to make arrangements to obtain the accreditation for the coach from the International Olympic Committee (IOC),” the rough translation of the letter originally written in Sinhala reads.

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