The Sri Lankan crew has requested its athletes and officers on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to show of their passports after three members went missing.
The nation, which is experiencing a serious financial disaster, confirmed a wrestler, a judoka, and a judo coach disappeared from one of many villages housing athletes and officers.
Sri Lankan crew spokesperson Gobinath Sivarajah instructed The Telegraph in India that Birmingham police are investigating the absence of the trio.
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“We have asked all athletes and officials to submit their passports to our respective venue officials in all the villages after the incident,” he stated.
“The police are investigating and the three cannot cross the UK borders.
“What has happened is really unfortunate.”
On the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, nearly one-third of the Cameroon crew went missing.
Rwanda’s weightlifting coach additionally fled throughout a rest room break on the host stadium.
It was reported no less than 230 athletes and officers lodged purposes for cover visas in Australia after the occasion, however the majority had been denied.
Sri Lanka, which picked a 161-strong contingent for the 2022 Games, has a silver and two bronze medals after six days of competitors.
Yupun Abeykoon’s third-place end within the males’s 100m remaining was a spotlight, securing Sri Lanka’s first athletics medal in 24 years.
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“Have no words to explain the feeling that I have right now,” Abeykoon wrote on Fb.
“I did it! I made myself proud and I made everyone who has been there for me proud! Thank you very much to all of you for being there through every moment of this race.
“This is just the start of more big things to come in the future. I’m going to keep working hard.
“Like I always tell my fellow athletes, fans and to everyone who have supported me each and every step of the way to be where I am, DO NOT GIVE UP!
“Dream and chase those dreams till you achieve those dreams!
“Thank you to everyone once again, I am still trying to absorb that I somehow made it yesterday.”
– with 7NEWS
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